Hyderabad, Feb. 20 -- The Telangana High Court has issued interim orders halting the investigation into a case registered against former minister and senior BRS leader T Harish Rao by the Panjagutta police, based on a complaint of phone tapping from a real estate businessman.

The court's decision, made on Wednesday, February 19, extends previous interim orders protecting Harish Rao and former DCP Radha Kishan Rao from arrest in connection with the case.

Justice K Lakshman presided over the hearing of separate petitions filed by Harish Rao and Radha Kishan Rao, who sought to quash the case registered at the Panjagutta Police Station in Hyderabad.

During the proceedings, Public Prosecutor Palle Nageswara Rao requested an adjournment, cit...