It's been 70 years since the Erukula people were freed from their colonial designation of 'criminal tribe'. But without continuous aid from the government, they remain outside mainstream society.
Ramachandra Bharati alias Satish Sharma, Nanda Kumar and Simhayaji Swamy were arrested by police from a farmhouse near Hyderabad on October 26 when they were trying to lure four MLAs of TRS with offers of huge sums of money.
In what could be termed as a setback for Bharat Rashtra Samithi, an Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) court rejected the remand of the accused in the BRS MLAs poaching case. Three people were arrested by police after raids at a farmhouse on charges that they were trying to lure BRS legislators with cash, cheques and contracts.
The police in Hyderabad on Wednesday claimed to have caught three persons red-handed while they were trying to buy four MLAs belonging to the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).