Excise and police personnel searched a house being used by BRS working president and former minister K.T. Rama Rao at Orion Villas at Raidurgam on Sunday, as part of their inquiry after finding illegal liquor at the house of his brother-in-law Raj Pakala.
Rama Rao has set up his office at the villa which belongs to his brother-in-law Raj Pakala, and also stays there. Police and excise personnel searched the premises with the assistance of Rama Rao's staff. On receiving reports of the police at Rama Rao's villa, BRS MLAs and cadres rushed to the spot and started objecting.
Police took into custody BRS legislators K. Vivekanand and Palla Rajeswar Reddy and party leader Balka Suman, Krishnak and others and shifted them to police station. Manne explained Rama Rao had set up his office at a villa belonging to Raj Pakala.
The police searched the villa and the BRS leaders assisted the police. The police returned empty-handed as there was only furniture and no substances were found, he said..
