The ACB is probing how the money was spent
Telugu Desam MLA Revanth Reddy (Photo: DC)
Hyderabad: The Anti-Corruption Bureau director-general A.K. Khan said that the agency is looking into the source of money in the cash-for-vote scam and nothing has been confirmed yet. Speaking to this newspaper, Mr Khan said further arrests or adding more accused in the FIR will take some more time. “We have submitted the video and audio evidence in the court to be sent to APFSL. We are waiting for FSL report to take further action. Meanwhile, the probe on analysis of call data, bank transactions will go on. We are exploring a few angles,” he said.
The video-audio record, Iphones, pen drives from the complainant MLA Elvis Stephenson, mobiles of accused Revanth Reddy and two others and computers seized from the house of Harry Sebastian were sent to APFSL for examination.
The call data analysis by ACB found that the accused and those linked to them got text messages on withdrawal of cash. The ACB is probing how the money was spent. A few industrialists, MPs and MLAs close to Mr Naidu are suspected to have given cash for the bribe.
The ACB is probing whether the second voice who introduced Mr Stephenson to Mr Naidu on phone is RS MP Garikapati Mohan Rao. “We haven’t filed any memo so far on adding accused in the case. We are examining some suspect banking transactions of certain companies,” he said.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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