Telangana cops book BRS leader KTR

Telangana police have registered a case against Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao (KTR) for making an allegation against Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy that he sent Rs 2,500 crore to the Congress high command for Lok Sabha elections.

Hanamkonda police registered a zero First Information Report (FIR) and transferred the same to Banjara Hills Police Station in Hyderabad.

The complainant, Srinivas Rao, a Congress leader, had lodged the complaint with Hanamkonda Police Station.

KTR has been booked under section 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and 505 (statements conducing public mischief) of the Indian Penal Code.

Addressing a meeting of BRS leaders recently, KTR had said that accusations have surfaced against Revanth Reddy that he has been extorting money from business people in the state and forwarding it to the Delhi high command. KTR accused that Revanth Reddy has already dispatched Rs 2,500 crore to Delhi for the upcoming parliamentary polls. To amass such significant sums, Revanth Reddy allegedly halted the issuance of permissions for buildings and layouts over the past three months, pressuring real estate stakeholders for funds under the threat of denial of approvals, KTR had said.