HYDERABAD: The BRS is bracing for yet another attack from investigation agencies as for the first time, the police, who are investigating the phone-tapping allegations against police officials under the erstwhile BRS regime, have sent a notice to former BRS MLA from Nakrekal Chirumarthi Lingaiah asking him to appear before them.
Sources said that Lingaiah made frequent calls and chatted with the police officials who were arrested in connection with the phone-tapping case. The IO asked the former MLA to appear before him on Monday. Lingaiah, however, sought time till November 14 citing health problems.
The notice has sent shockwaves across the BRS. The party leaders are worried over who would get notices next and how many are on the police’s radar.
The development could not have come at a worse time for the BRS. The party already finds itself in a spot of bother as the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has sought permission from the Governor to prosecute former minister KT Rama Rao in the case related to releasing of Rs 55 crore from HMDA for conducting Formula E races in Hyderabad.
Rama Rao’s sudden visit to Delhi on Monday prompted the Congress to allege that he is in the national capital to request the Centre to persuade the Governor to not grant permission for his prosecution. Rama Rao is reportedly in Delhi to lodge a complaint with Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal Kattar against the state government over alleged irregularities in the Amrut 2.0 scheme implementation.
Another disquieting development for the BRS is that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is investigating the role of IAS officer D Amoy Kumar in a case of suspected money laundering connected with changing land records in Dharani portal when he was the collector of Rangareddy district. The BRS leaders are worried as it is said that a former BRS MP and MLC were also involved in the case.
The ED officials recently met DGP Dr Jithender and suggested that the police also file a case against Amoy and others as they claimed to have unearthed evidence of land records manipulation in Rangareddy district.