BRS Rama Rao appears before ACB court, adjourned to Aug 25

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao and other key accused appeared before a special Anti-Corruption Bureau court in Hyderabad on Friday, July 31, 2026, marking the formal start of judicial proceedings in the high-profile Formula E race case. The court adjourned the matter to August 25 after furnishing the accused with the charge sheet and related documents.

Rama Rao, a former Telangana minister and the primary accused, appeared alongside former senior bureaucrat Arvind Kumar and former Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority chief engineer B.L.N. Reddy. The court directed each to execute a personal bond of 100,000 rupees. Rama Rao was also instructed to furnish two additional sureties of the same amount at the next hearing. Representatives for the London-based Formula E Operations Limited, which is also named, did not appear.

The case, investigated by the Telangana ACB, centers on alleged irregularities in payments totaling approximately 55 crore rupees made to the race organizers in 2023. Prosecutors allege the funds were transferred from the HMDA to the foreign entity without obtaining mandatory state cabinet approvals and in violation of...