Rao, who was recently placed under suspension as Nacharam police inspector for his alleged complicity in accessing and leaking the call data records (CDRs) of CBI Joint Director (Hyderabad Zone) V V Lakshminarayana and a woman activist, was grilled by the state CID on the second consecutive day.
Rao allegedly stole the e-mail account password of a deputy commissioner of police (DCP) under Cyberabad zone with the help of a lower-rank employee and forwarded a request to the service provider for getting the CDRs, police said.
Rao misused his official position since only a SP or DCP rank officer is entitled to send request to service providers for the phone call data records of consumers, they said.
The Andhra Pradesh CID yesterday took over the probe into the cases over 'leakage' of phone calls details of Lakshminarayana and activist Vasireddy Chandrabala.
While City Police had registered a case in this regard on the complaint of the CBI joint director, Chandrabala approached the Cyberabad police commissionerate.
Rao was suspended by Cyberabad Police Commissioner D Tirumala Rao pending inquiry after a case registered against him and a senior reporter of Telugu news channel, 'Sakshi', on the basis of a complaint lodged by Chandrabala. (More)