Hyderabad, Dec. 3 -- Telangana Chief Secretary K Ramakrishna Rao has written to the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT)seeking approval to prosecute IAS officer Arvind Kumar in the Formula E case, according to a report in the Newsmeter.

In late November, Telangana governor Jishnu Dev Verma had granted permission to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to file a charge sheet against Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao in the same case.

On September 9, the ACB submitted its prosecution report to the Telangana government, naming KTR as the prime accused. The ACB had also sought permission to prosecute senior IAS officer Arvind Kumar, named accused number two, and former Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authorit...