Hyderabad, April 2 -- Four police officials in Hyderabad have been apprehended in connection with a phone tapping case, with allegations surfacing that they utilised social media platforms such as 'Signal' and 'Snapchat' to exchange information.

According to reports, the Punjagutta police, in their remand report, disclosed that former Deputy Commissioner of Police, Task Force, P Radha Krishna Rao, purportedly led Task Force teams in seizing money allegedly linked to leaders of various political parties before the elections on at least eight occasions.

It's expected that inspectors who served with the Task Force during the 2022 and 2023 period will be interrogated regarding this matter.

In a separate development, the name of an inspecto...