Former Municipal Affairs and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao has received a fresh summons to appear before the ACB on 16 June at 10 am. He said he would appear before the probe agency — his second appearance in the case.
The BRS has filed a police complaint against Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for criminal breach of trust, seeking an in-depth investigation into the cancellation of the Formula E race. The Congress government had cancelled the race slated for 2024 after coming to power and filed a case against the BRS working president and the then Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao.
The ED has also summoned IAS officer Arvind Kumar, who served as the Secretary of the Department of Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MAUD), on January 2, and BLN Reddy, Chief Engineer of HMDA, on January 3.
The cancellation comes following a decision by the Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department (MAUD), under the control of the Government of Telangana.
The country's first electric race was staged in February of this year, with then-IT Minister KT Rama Rao playing a key role in bringing the race to the city. KTR's BRS party, however, lost the state election to Congress in December.
Mahindra on Thursday launched its Gen3 Formula E race car at the ongoing season 9 of the Formula E Championship, the worlds first all-electric street racing series, during a grand event, here.
The announcement comes only three days after Dutch driver Nyck de Vries won the Formula E world championship title
