CBI questions 2 leaders of KCR’s party over alleged links with impostor

New Delhi:

The CBI on Thursday questioned Telangana minister Gangula Kamalakar and Rajya Sabha member Vaddiraju Ravichandran for over seven hours in connection with their suspected links with a man arrested posing as an IPS officer. Officials gave this information.

He said the CBI is questioning both Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leaders, Civil Supplies Minister Kamalakar and Ravichandran, after it emerged that impostor Kovi Reddy Srinivasa Rao was allegedly in touch with them and had some “dealings”. ” also came to the fore during Rao. interrogation.

“The two leaders are not witnesses in the case as of now. They are not named accused in the FIR. Their role is still being assessed,” an official said.

According to officials, the two leaders reached the CBI headquarters at 11.25 am, where they were taken to the designated room for questioning.

Officials said the CBI on Monday arrested Rao, a resident of Visakhapatnam, who allegedly posing as a senior IPS officer, met private people at Tamil Nadu Bhavan and demanded costly gifts to get his work done.

The agency’s FIR alleged that Rao, posing as joint director of the CBI, allegedly met six people after his arrival in the national capital on November 22 and promised them favorable results in various cases pending before government officials. offered.

From offering employment to allowing the entry of goods vehicles of a private company during no-entry hours in the National Capital Region, Rao assured and claimed to solve the problems faced by his victims in return for money and gifts. Said that these need to be forwarded. senior government officials, he said.

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