Formula E Race Case: KTR Submits Statement To ACB

Hyderabad: High drama unfolded at the Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau office here on Monday after BRS Working President K T Rama Rao, who was summoned in connection with the ongoing investigation into Formula E race case, was denied the company of his lawyer, prompting him to submit his statement outside the office. Rama Rao reached the ACB headquarters shortly after 10 am and was barred from entering the premises by the police, who objected to the presence of his lawyer.

The BRS leader, also known as KTR, spoke to the officials while seated in his car. He handed over his written statement intended for submission to an ACB official, outside the office and returned without appearing before the officials. Asserting his fundamental right to legal representation, KTR told the media that he insisted on his lawyer's presence. The BRS leader further claimed that the ACB was planning to conduct raids at his residence. "Now they (officials) are saying you can't take the lawyer inside.

So, I have given my statement whatever I had to give inside the office, I have given my statement to the DSP rank officer of ACB. He has given me acknowledgement," he said. He also insisted that he would provide all the information sought by the ACB in the presence of his lawyer. "... they have in the past created situations where things (statements) which have not been mentioned by our leaders were attributed to them," Rama Rao claimed.

Rama Rao expressed concern over being denied the company of his lawyer during the inquiry by the ACB.