KTR booked for charge against CM Revanth

Hyderabad: Telangana police have registered a case against BRS working president K T Rama Rao for leveling charge against Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy that he sent Rs 2,500 crore to the Congress high command for Lok Sabha elections.

On a complaint by a Congress leader, a zeroFirst Information Report (FIR) was registered at Hanamkonda Police Station and the same was transferred to Banjara Hills police station in Hyderabad.

Srinivas Rao, a Congress leader, had lodged the complaint with Hanamkonda Police Station.

KTR was booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and 505 (statements conducing public mischief).

Addressing a meeting of BRS leaders on Tuesday, Rama Rao had said that Revanth Reddy has been extorting money from business people in the State and forwarding it to the Delhi high command. KTR accused that Revanth Reddy has already dispatched Rs 2,500 crore to Delhi for the upcoming parliamentary polls. To amass such significant sums, Revanth Reddy allegedly halted the issuance of permissions for buildings and layouts over the past three months, pressuring real estate stakeholders for funds under the threat of denial of approvals, KTR had said.