Rama Mohana Rao says his life is in danger

Chennai: Former chief secretary of Tamil Nadu government, P Rama Mohana Rao, today charged that the raids conducted at his residence and his house arrest were a “constitutional assault on the office of the Chief Secretary.” He claimed his life was in danger.

“I am still the Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu,” he said, adding that orders posting a new Chief Secretary were not sent to him.

Rama Mohana Rao addressed the media in front of his residence in Chennai.  

He said he was “placed under house arrest by the CRPF at gunpoint.”

Rao alleged that he was being targeted and his life was in danger.

The search warrant to conduct a raid on his premises did not have his name, he alleged. "Only my son's name was mentioned in the search warrant. He has not lived here after his return from the United States," he said.

Rao said he had no connection with businessman and PWD contractor Sekhar Reddy, who was arrested last week.

The authorities would not have dared to carry out raids against him if former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa was alive, he said. Rama Mohana Rao projected himself as a Jayalalithaa loyalist who was being victimised for political reasons.