Court restrains Telangana Cong chief from linking KTR with drugs

Naveen S Garewal

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Tribune News Service

Hyderabad, September 22

Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) working President KT Rama Rao (KTR) has got relief from Hyderabad’s city civil court that directed state Congress president A Revanth Reddy not to make any statement linking KTR with the drugs scandal currently being probed by the Enforcement Directorate in Telangana.

Reddy had accused the TRS working president of shielding people involved with “drugs” and asked TRS to give his blood samples. TRS has filed a complaint against Reddy in the local court.

In his petition, KTR said that Reddy made various slanderous and defamatory statements and allegations linking him with the ongoing investigation conducted by the ED.

Hearing the matter, the judge passed an interim injunction restraining Reddy and his agents or any person representing him from “making any further derogatory, libellous or scandalous statements either by way of print or electronic media and in public or private including the social media and the internet, linking the minister with the ongoing investigation”.

The matter will now come up on October 20. The civil suit was filed after Reddy challenged KTR to take up a white challenge (which proves that one is free from using any drugs) which led to the war of words between the leaders. KTR approached the city civil court filing the defamation case against Reddy.