HC refuses to quash FIR against KTR, removes arrest protection

The Telangana high court on Tuesday refused to quash the first information report (FIR) against Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao in connection with alleged irregularities in the conduct of Formula-E race during the previous regime, removing the protection against the arrest given to him.

- Srinivasa Rao Apparasu

HYDERABAD:

Late in the night, KTR, as son of former chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao is popularly known, told reporters that he has challenged the order before the Supreme Court, hoping he will get "relief" in the top court.

On December 31, the high court reserved its order on the petition filed by KTR seeking the dismissal of the FIR registered by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), which alleged that the former minister authorised payments of ₹55 crore, most of it in foreign currency, to Formula E Organisation Ltd - the race organiser - without approvals.