Row over 'obscene calls' takes new turn

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, AUG. 26. The controversy over `obscene calls' made to the wife of Visakhapatnam Superintendent of Police, Mr. Athul Singh, took a curious turn on Sunday with the police agencies finding out that the bills of the cell phone from which the alleged obscene calls originated were cleared by an institute reportedly owned by the family members of Mr. Krishna Rao.

The arrest of Mr. Krishna Rao on August 23 in the city by a Visakhapatnam police team led to a major controversy with the police authorities here swinging into action and intercepting the Visakhapatnam Police vehicle on a complaint that Mr. Krishna Rao was kidnapped. The Three Town police of Visakhapatnam registered a case against Mr. Krishna Rao on a complaint filed by Mr. Athul Singh.

The police sources say that an educational institution reportedly belonging to the family members of Mr. Krishna Rao had paid the bills of the AirTel mobile phone from which the calls originated.

The investigator had also collected records pertaining to calls made and received from that phone establishing that calls were made to the mobile phone of the SP's wife. It may be recalled that the family members of Mr. Krishna Rao maintained that the mobile phone was given away Mr. Krishna Rao to his friend a Mr. Sampath hailing from Alwal.

When contacted, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. P. Ramulu said that the Visakhapatnam police would take care of the investigation as the case was registered by them.

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