Cash-for-vote scam: Telangana ACB moves Supreme Court against bail for Revanth Reddy

Hyderabad: The Anti-Corruption Bureau on Wednesday filed a petition in Supreme Court challenging the bail granted by the Hyderabad High Court to TD MLA Revanth Reddy in the cash-for-vote case.

According to ACB sources, the agency questioned the justification of bail granted by the HC to Mr Reddy and the two other accused, Bishop Harry Sebastian and Mr Uday Simha. In its petition, the ACB stated that investigation in the case was at a crucial stage and it was yet to get the final report from the State Forensic Laboratory pertaining to the audio and video conversations.

The Anti-Corruption Bureau will take a call regarding interrogation of TD MLA from Sathupally, Mr Sandra Venkata Veeraiah, in the next two days. Mr Veeraiah has written to the ACB stating that he had recovered from his illness was available for interrogation. Sources added that it would take two to three days to decipher the preliminary report of FSL in the case.