HC refuses to quash FIR against KTR in graft case
Hindustan Times Bengaluru|January 08, 2025
BRS WORKING PRESIDENT FACES CHARGES OF AUTHORISING PAYMENTS TO THE TUNE OF ₹55 CRORE, MOST OF IT IN FOREIGN CURRENCY, TO FORMULA E ORGANISATION LTD
Srinivasa Rao Apparasu

HYDERABAD: 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 in Hyderabad during the previous regime, removing the protection against the arrest given to him.

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 concluded the hearing and reserved its order on the petition filed by KTR—as the BRS leader is popularly known—seeking the dismissal of the FIR registered by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), which alleged that the former minister authorised payments to the tune of ₹55 crore, most of it in foreign currency, to Formula E Organisation Ltd—the organiser of Formula E races without necessary approvals.

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