Hyderabad, June 14 -- The special investigation team (SIT) of the Telangana police, probing the alleged telephone tapping that took place during the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) regime, on Friday questioned suspended deputy superintendent of police D Praneeth Rao in the case, an official familiar with the development said.

"Rao was questioned on Friday about the data in the retrieved hard disks, as deciphered by the forensic team," the official said.

The questioning of Praneeth Rao comes two days after the grilling of former Special Intelligence Branch (SIB) chief T Prabhakar Rao, the prime accused in the case, that came to light in March 2024.

According to the FIR filed by the Punjagutta police in Hyderabad on March 10, 2024,...