Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has issued notices to the Police Department and complainants in response to quash petitions filed by Sircilla MLA and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao (KTR). The cases relate to election matters and alleged defamatory remarks made by KTR.
Justice K. Lakshman, while hearing the petitions, directed the concerned parties to submit their explanations, scheduling the next hearing for March 18. Among the three petitions, the first case pertains to the MLC elections, in which Medipally police registered an FIR in May 2024 based on a complaint by journalist-turned-politician Chintapandu Naveen, also known as Teenmaar Mallanna. The complaint alleged that fabricated videos were circulated to influence the election outcome, naming both KTR and former minister G. Jagadish Reddy as accused. Both leaders have filed quash petitions. However, Justice Lakshman recused himself from hearing this particular case and directed that it be assigned to another judge.
The second case, which KTR sought to quash, was registered at Saifabad Police Station following a complaint by Congress leader Anil Kumar Yadav. The complaint alleged that on August 20, 2024, KTR made a social media post referring to Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy as ‘Cheap Minister’ and ‘Delhi Ghulam,’ which was claimed to be defamatory and harmful to the CM’s reputation.
The third case under challenge was filed at Utnoor Police Station based on a complaint by Congress leader Atram Suguna. KTR was accused of alleging that the Congress party planned to misappropriate ₹25,000 crore through the Musi project.
The High Court has now sought responses from the police and complainants regarding the second and third cases, while all matters have been adjourned until March 18.
