Former Telangana Special Intelligence Bureau chief T Prabhakar Rao surrendered before the Special Investigation Team probing a phone-tapping case on Friday, following a Supreme Court order, the Deccan Chronicle reported.

The case pertains to allegations that officers of the Special Intelligence Bureau, during the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi government, illegally surveilled private citizens and political figures and later attempted to destroy evidence. Four police officials, including a suspended deputy superintendent of police, have been arrested since March 2024 and are out on bail.

On Thursday, the court directed Rao to appear before the police by 11 am for investigation.

A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and R Mahadevan said Rao must surrender at Jubilee Hills police statio

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