In a dramatic development, the police in Hyderabad on Wednesday claimed to have caught three persons while they were trying to buy four MLAs of Telangana s ruling TRS party.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLAs Rega Kantha Rao, Guvvala Balaraju, Beeram Harshvardhan Reddy and Pilot Rohit Reddy had alerted police and the deal could be to the tune of Rs 100 crore.
The Cyberabad police conducted a raid at a farmhouse in Aziz Nagar on the city outskirts and detained four persons who were allegedly offering money to four TRS MLAs. It said the detained persons have identified themselves as Satish Sharma, alias Ram Chandra Bharati, a priest from Haryana s Faridabad, D Simhayaji, a seer from Tirupathi, and a businessman, Nandakumar.
Following a complaint of TRS MLA Pilot Rohith Reddy on Wednesday, an FIR was registered at the Moinabad Police Station under Sections 120-B, 171-B r/w 171-E 506 r/w 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 8 of Prevention of Corruption Act-1988, Telangana Poaching Case: Cyberabad Police Register FIR Against Three After TRS MLA Alleges Rs 100 Crore Poaching Bid by BJP.