Hyderabad, March 29 -- The Panjagutta police took into custody additional deputy commissioner of police (ADCP) Mekala Thirupathanna and additional SP of Bhupalpally Nayini Bhujanga Rao in custody from the Central Prison Chanchalguda for questioning on Friday, March 29.

Both the senior policemen along with DSP Praneeth are currently facing criminal investigation for illegally tapping the phones of opposition leaders during the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government's tenure.

Phones of several people including then opposition leader and current Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy were also tapped.

The court granted five-day custody of Thirupathanna and Bhujanga Rao to the police. Following the order, a police team reached th...