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Revanth in five-day ACB custody
The Special Court for State Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Cases on Friday granted four-day custody of the arrested TDP MLA Revanth Reddy in cash-for-vote case in the recent MLC elections. Seeking five-day custody of Revanth Reddy, ACB public prosecutor Surender pleaded with the court that they had to find out the source of Rs 50 lakh recovered from the residence of nominated MLA Elvis Stephenson and also the information
Bail plea of the MLA posted to June 9; Court directs the ACB to file its counter by June 8
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Hyderabad: The Special Court for State Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Cases on Friday granted four-day custody of the arrested TDP MLA Revanth Reddy in cash-for-vote case in the recent MLC elections. Seeking five-day custody of Revanth Reddy, ACB public prosecutor Surender pleaded with the court that they had to find out the source of Rs 50 lakh recovered from the residence of nominated MLA Elvis Stephenson and also the information about the remaining promised amount of Rs 4.5 crore.
The public prosecutor said they wanted to extract information from other MLAs, who were lured by money to vote in favour of select candidates. He also said there was a need to secure details of call data of Revanth Reddy. The judge granted four-day custody from Saturday. However, the bail plea of the arrested MLA was posted to June 9 and the court directed the ACB to file its counter by June 8.
When the bail plea of Revanth Reddy came for hearing this morning, the ACB sought time to file a counter. Giving time till June 8, the court deferred its decision for June 9. Earlier, Revanth Reddy’s counsel told the court that his client was arrested after hatching a conspiracy.
The TRS government had been targeting his client right from the beginning, the counsel said and asked why the ACB officials had waited till May 31 when they claimed that they had information on May 28 about the scam. Contending that spy video cameras were installed in the room prior to the incident, the defence counsel asked whether any permission was obtained under Telegraphic Act.
There was no clarity on the four issues mentioned in custody petition by the ACB, he contended and said it was the responsibility of the ACB to find out where was the fourth accused, who was at large. The defence counsel argued there was no need of taking Revanth Reddy into custody for interrogation as the ACB had all required information.
The lawyer also brought to the notice of court about reported comment of the Chief Minister, who had said before his client’s arrest that a breaking news would come and even the Home Minister reported to have stated that he knew who was behind the episode.
