Hyderabad:Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) has issued a authorized discover to Deccan Chronicle alleging defamation over a report linking him to a high-rise undertaking close to Hussain Sagar Lake.
The discover dated Wednesday, July 8, was served to Deccan Chronicle Holdings Restricted and Managing Director T Vinayak Ravi Reddy.
It says that the report titled ‘KTR’s ‘Landlord’ Builds Tower in Hussainsagar‘ falsely linked the Sircilla MLA to constructing permissions granted to a personal building undertaking positioned throughout the Full Tank Stage (FTL) and buffer zone of Hussain Sagar Lake.
The report tried to affiliate the undertaking with a farmhouse property at Janwada, and he misused his ministerial place between 2018 and 2020 to facilitate unlawful approvals in trade for private profit, reads the discover.
KTR’s counsel has said his shopper has “no connection in any respect” with the undertaking, its developer, or the constructing permissions in query.
The report was based mostly on unsubstantiated claims, was printed with out verification or searching for KTR’s response, and portrayed him as a corrupt public servant, the discover learn.
It accused the publication of selectively presenting info, republishing allegations that had beforehand been the topic of proceedings earlier than the Nationwide Inexperienced Tribunal, and performing with a mala fide intention to break KTR’s popularity.
