Hyderabad: A group of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) workers attacked and damaged property at the MAHAA television network office located in Jubilee Hills on Saturday, June 28.
They alleged that MAHAA TV was spreading fake news against BRS working president and senior leader KT Rama Rao (KTR) with regard to the phone tapping case.
Raising slogans, BRS workers entered the office building and allegedly attacked an employee who tried to stop them. They damaged properties, pelted stones at the officer and damaged cars parked outside the MAHAA TV building.
On information, police rushed to the spot and started bringing the situation under control.
MAHAA TV was founded by journalist I Venkat Rao, who is a former editor of the well-known Telugu newspaper Jyothi Andhra Jyothi. While it is not certain what exactly triggered the attack on the channel, BRS workers reportedly took exception to news allegedly on the phone tapping case that their party leaders are being investigated for. Currently it is owned by another journalist.
Senior police officials including a former intelligence head and other senior officials have been charged and are currently facing a probe into their role during the previous BRS government’s alleged snooping on the opposition, including the Congress when iit was not in power.
