Industrialist and former parliamentarian L. Rajagopal has tried to stop police from searching the residence of his friend, an official said. Late on Thursday, Rajagopal rushed to businessman G.P. Reddy's house on Jubliee Hills after learning that the police have arrived there.

He questioned the officers' action without a search warrant. The former Lok Sabha member from Andhra Pradesh entered into a heated argument with the officers present. At one point he stopped them from entering the house.