Hyderabad: Former minister and BRS working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) has filed a discharge petition before the ACB special court in the Formula E case, requesting the court to discharge him from the case.According to ACB sources, KTR, through his advocate, had on Oct 9 moved a discharge petition under Section 262 (1) of BNSS, asking the court to discharge him from the case since there were no sufficient grounds to proceed against him.The court has issued a notice to ACB regarding the petition and the matter has been posted for hearing on Oct 30. “We will file a counter to the discharge petition. So far, only KTR, who represents Sircilla in the assembly, has moved a petition and the other accused have not,” an ACB official said.The ACB registered a case in Dec 2024 against KTR and others, alleging that Rs 55 crore was diverted to UK-based Formula E Organisation (FEO) in violation of prescribed procedures.In March 2026, the ACB had filed a chargesheet against KTR, former municipal administration special chief secretary Arvind Kumar, HMDA former chief engineer BLN Reddy, Ace Nxt Gen executive G Kiran Malleswara Rao and FEO representative Alberto Longo.Prior to this, ACB had filed a memo on Sept 26 before the special court in Nampally seeking impounding of passports of the four accused, including KTR, Arvind Kumar, BLN Reddy and Kiran Malleswara Rao, named in the case. KTR’s legal team has filed a counter.
