Even as former Telangana minister and BRS working president KT Rama Rao faced a marathon interrogation for seven hours by the Enforcement Directorate, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of the state police issued fresh summons directing him to appear before it on 18 January.
Former Telangana minister and BRS working president KT Rama Rao is all set to appear before the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the Formula E race scam tomorrow at 10:30 am after his quash petition before the Supreme Court was withdrawn today.
However, the former minister would be visible to his counsel sitting in the library through a glass window.
The BRS working president asked the Anti-Corruption Bureau probing the Formula E race scam to defer his interrogation till the Telangana High Court gives its verdict on his petition to quash the FIR against him.
In a major relief to BRS working president KT Rama Rao, the Telangana High Court extended its interim orders and protected him from arrest in connection with the Formula E race case until the pronouncement of the verdict. Rao had approached the court with a petition to quash the FIR filed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau under the Prevention of Corruption Act, against him. The court reserved its order on the criminal petition filed by the former minister.
The ED has also summoned IAS officer Arvind Kumar, who served as the Secretary of the Department of Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MAUD), on January 2, and BLN Reddy, Chief Engineer of HMDA, on January 3.
In a relief to BRS working president KT Rama Rao Friday, the Telangana High Court passed an interim order protecting him from arrest till 30 December in the Formula E race scam after he filed a lunch motion petition to quash the proceedings against him following an FIR registered by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB).
The Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau has registered an FIR against former minister and BRS working president KT Rama Rao and IAS officer Arvind Kumar under the Prevention of Corruption Act for alleged irregularities in the Formula E race case.
In a letter addressed to Reddy the BRS leader claimed that the Hyderabad E- Prix event had contributed Rs 700 crore to the state economy and accused the Congress government of spreading falsehood as political vendetta.
BRS president KT Rama Rao slams the Telangana government’s treatment of ‘Pushpa 2’ star Allu Arjun’s arrest in connection to the stampede case.
