The Supreme Court also extended interim protection from coercive action and directed Rao to cooperate with police investigations into alleged illegal surveillance and destruction of evidence

xNew Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed former chief of Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) in Telangana T Prabhakar Rao, an accused in the phone-tapping case, to submit password of his iCloud account to the state police in the presence of forensic experts.A bench comprising Justices B V Nagarathna and R Mahadevan also extended interim protection from coercive action to Rao and directed him to appear before the investigation officer, and cooperate in the investigation. During the hearing, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the court that the investigation was not progressing due to Rao's no

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