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.
Hyderabad, Oct 27: Barely a week before the Munugode byelection, Cyberabad police last night raided a farmhouse on the outskirts of the city and reportedly detained three persons for allegedly trying to lure four TRS legislators into the BJP.
BRS minister Kamalakar warned that the eyes of BJP cadres would be scooped out if they even tried to look at their MLAs. This comes after three people were arrested for trying to lure BRS MLAs to the BJP with cash and contracts.
According to the ruling TRS, the MLAs were offered Rs 100 crore each as part of BJP's "Operation Lotus". The BJP, for its part, rubbished it as a "scripted flop show" of the TRS.