Hyderabad, March 20 -- In a significant relief to Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA and former minister T Harish Rao, the Telangana High Court has quashed the First Information Report (FIR) filed against him in connection with an alleged phone tapping case.

The FIR, registered by the Panjagutta police, also named retired police officer Radhakishan Rao as a co-accused.

Case based on complaint by Congress leader

The case was initiated based on a complaint by real estate businessman and Congress leader Gadhagoni Chakradhar Goud. Goud alleged that Harish Rao had misused state intelligence resources to illegally tap his and his family members' phones.

He claimed this was part of a broader effort to intimidate him due to political rivalry an...