Archive · 13 Aug 2026
Former BRS MLA Kanta Rao Arrested in Sexual Harassment Case
A man has been arrested in India after a woman complained about him.
The man, Rega Kanta Rao, used to be a member of the state assembly for the BRS party.
The woman said he promised to marry her but broke that promise.
She told police he asked her to meet him at a plot of land, saying he would help her open a YouTube channel.
She said that instead of helping her, he hurt her.
She also said he threatened to share her private photos.
The woman says he took four lakh rupees from her for a real estate deal that went wrong.
Police in Hyderabad registered a case against him and arrested him in Bengaluru.
The police have not officially announced the arrest yet.
Former BRS MLA Rega Kanta Rao was arrested in Bengaluru in a sexual harassment case.
A woman accused him of assaulting and blackmailing her after promising to marry her.
She alleged he called her to a plot on the pretext of opening a YouTube channel and assaulted her there.
She also accused him of blackmailing her with private photographs and cheating her of ₹4 lakh in a real estate deal.
Punjagutta police registered the case based on her complaint, but have not yet officially announced the arrest.
- Who
- Rega Kanta Rao, former BRS MLA, and a woman who filed a complaint against him.
- What
- Rao was arrested in a sexual harassment case involving alleged assault, blackmail and cheating.
- When
- Not specified in the articles.
- Where
- Arrested in Bengaluru; case registered at Punjagutta police station in Hyderabad.
- Why
- A woman accused him of assaulting and blackmailing her after promising marriage, and of cheating her of ₹4 lakh.
- Accused
- Rega Kanta Rao, former BRS MLA
- Case registered at
- Punjagutta police station, Hyderabad
- Arrest location
- Bengaluru
- Allegations
- Sexual assault, blackmail with private photographs, cheating
- Financial fraud alleged
- ₹4 lakh in a real estate deal
- Pretext for meeting
- Opening a YouTube channel
- Case status
- Case registered; arrest not yet officially announced by police