Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao (KTR), president of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and son of former Telangana CM KCR on Tuesday morning, was under house arrest by the police party said. The court granted bail to Kaushik Reddy in Karimnagar. He will be released soon.
He was picked up in Hyderabad following three cases against him following his heated argument with defected MLA M Sanjay Kumar at the district collectorate in Karimnagar on Sunday.
Before being produced to the district magistrate, Reddy was kept in police custody throughout Monday night.
At least seven top party leaders, including KTR, Harish Rao, and RS Praveen Kumar, have been placed under house arrest.
Police are deployed and can be seen outside KTR’s residence in Hyderabad’s Gachibowli. After the arrest of another BRS MLA, Padi Koushik Reddy, yesterday.
On Thursday, KTR vehemently denied allegations of corruption against him by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) over the Formula E race case.
After KTR’s appearance before ACB on January 9, in connection to the Formula-E race case, KTR claimed that “He was repeatedly asked the same questions for over seven hours despite having no substantial evidence to endow the charges against him.
KTR alleged that the case was filed against him because the BRS was fighting against the state government and called the case ‘frivolous’ and ‘illegal’.
Speaking to News agency ANI, KTR had said, “They (ACB) have no case. It’s a frivolous case. I told them it was an abuse of the process of law. I also told them that you can’t make a case when there is no case. They kept asking the same question over and over again for almost 80 times. But to their peril, they have zero case in this.”
He also alleged that the charges against him were politically motivated, driven by the Telangana Chief Minister’s desire to target him personally.
“I asked them (ACB) where the corruption is. In full consciousness, I have done whatever I have done as a minister to ensure Hyderabad and Telangana are put on the world stage. If you are going to accuse me and make a case out of this, it is probably just the sadistic pleasure of the CM and nothing more,” KTR added.
He also accused the state government of using the case as a tool to suppress political opposition and said, “They are trying to file illegal cases on me.”
“This is not my fight. This suppresses any voice that questions this government. So, I will fight legally, seek all kinds of legal remedies and hope the truth will come and justice will prevail.” KTR said.
High Court of Telangana has dismissed the quash petition filed by KTR in the Formula E race case.
KTR is allegedly involved in a money laundering case over alleged financial irregularities linked to the Formula E race held in Hyderabad in February 2023. ACB of Telangana is investigating.
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