BRS Workers Detained Protesting SIT Questioning KCR in Phone-Tapping Case

• Police detained Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) workers in Hyderabad and Warangal protesting the Special Investigation Team (SIT) questioning of BRS Chief K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR).
• KCR is being questioned in connection with the phone-tapping case, with SIT issuing fresh notices to him.
• Several BRS leaders, including KCR’s son KT Rama Rao and nephew T Harish Rao, were previously questioned in the same case.
• KCR stated in a letter that he would be available for questioning at his Nandi Nagar residence in Hyderabad, despite concerns about the legality of the notice.
• The phone-tapping case involves allegations that phones of media, retired cops, and politicians were monitored during the BRS government's tenure to track political rivals.

Why It Matters: BRS workers protested KCR's SIT questioning in the phone-tapping case, highlighting political tensions in Telangana.