HYDERABAD: Police officials investigating the case said detective Praneeth Rao and his team allegedly used an electric cutter to destroy 50 hard drives. They said Praneeth, then deputy superintendent of the Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB), detained at least two people, including an electrician, and forced them to erase their data after the BRS party lost the December 3 parliamentary elections. It is said that hard disk. It is said that the old disk was also replaced with a new hard disk. “The 50 old hard disks that actually stored sensitive data such as surveillance information were chopped up using an electric cutter,” the official said. This was done after the surveillance cameras were turned off by an electrician who was unaware of the alleged conspiracy. In a complaint to Punjagutta police, SIB officials said that apart from destroying the surveillance data allegedly collected by Praneeth, information related to the nasal issue kept for decades was also erased. . Investigators said that during interrogation, Praneeth had stated that the destruction of the electronic devices was allegedly done on the instructions of then SIB Director T. Prabhakar Rao. On Wednesday, Praneeth was arrested, produced before a magistrate and sent to 14-day judicial custody. Punjagutta police are in the process of filing a petition in Nampally court seeking his custody. An informal team of officials led by an assistant police officer of the Western District police rank will oversee the investigation.
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