Hyderabad, Aug. 29 -- Director of the Telangana Fire, Disaster Response, Emergency and Civil Defence, Hyderabad Y Nagi Reddy on Friday, August 29, denied allegations of any wrongdoing by department officials during rescue operations in Kamareddy district during heavy rains in Telangana over the last week.

The Disaster Response teams were deployed in the six districts of Telangana - Kamareddy, Medak, Nizamabad, Nirmal, Rajanna Siricilla, and Siddipet due to extremely heavy rains. Nagi Reddy stated that one individual refused evacuation when officials reached him between 11:30 p.m. and 11:45 p.m.

"This individual, who was located on the first floor of an apartment building in Kamareddy, refused evacuation when fire crews reached him at 11...