Hyderabad: A former Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), arrested in a phone tapping case, has now been booked by the police for "kidnapping" and "extortion", on the complaint of a businessman who said that he was kidnapped and given his Was threatened to leave the property. The company to its business partners in 2018.

In a police complaint on April 8, the businessman, who founded a healthcare services company, accused four part-time directors of the company of colluding with Radha Kishan Rao, a former DCP of the Hyderabad police wing, Commissioner's Task Force. Kidnapped him.

The complaint states that the then senior police officer had pressurized him to transfer shares worth Rs 100 crore of his company to four directors.

The former DCP was arrested on April 29 as part of the ongoing investigation into the phone tapping case and on charges of destroying some computer systems and official data.Based on the businessman's complaint, a case was registered under IPC sections 365 (kidnapping), 386 (extortion), 341 (wrongful restraint) against the former DCP, two policemen, four directors and others at Jubilee Hills police station. I went. 120B (criminal conspiracy), police said, adding that further investigation is underway.

According to the FIR, four part-time directors of the healthcare company pressured the businessman to sell his 60 per cent stake in the company at a lower price.

They reportedly approached the then DCP Radha Kishan Rao with a proposal to kidnap and pressure the businessman to sign over the remaining shares and make him resign from the company. He promised to pay a huge amount to Rao.The complainant said that it was only after Rao's arrest that she informed the Hyderabad City Police about the incident and urged them to thoroughly investigate the matter.

The former DCP, who is now in judicial custody, is accused of being part of a conspiracy along with some other persons in the Phone Tapin case, secretly and illegally developing profiles of private individuals and conducting surveillance without authorization in particular . Intelligence Bureau (SIB).

According to the police, the information was used in a partisan manner at the behest of some people to favor a political party. Rao is also accused of destroying records to erase evidence of his crimes.A suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) and two Additional Superintendents of Police of the Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) were also arrested by Hyderabad Police on March 13 for allegedly erasing intelligence information from various electronic devices as well as phone tapping . Previous BRS arrangement.

Police had earlier said that he has been accused of colluding with others to develop profiles of several individuals and monitor them without permission and illegally, besides destroying certain computer systems and official data.

Hyderabad Police Commissioner K Srinivas Reddy on Thursday said the investigation into the phone tapping case is going on the "right track".

Asked if the police were considering issuing notices to political leaders as part of their probe into the matter, the commissioner said, "It is going in the right direction... We will do it with complete impartiality and at the right time." We will tell you." ।"