Hyderabad, June 24 -- The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Telangana phone tapping case has recorded the statement of former chief secretary A Santhi Kumari and former principal secretary of general administration (political) Raghunandan Rao on Monday, June 23.

As per section 5 (2) of the Indian Telegraph Act, the permission of the principal secretary of the home department, or the director general of police (DGP) is needed to tap anyone's phone. Permission from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) under the Centre's purview is also needed.

A review committee will thoroughly scrutinize the phone numbers listed for tapping before it is done.

Before the 2023 assembly elections, the Special Investigation branch (SIB) hea...