In a surprising operation, the Cyberabad police raided a farmhouse at Aziznagar on the outskirts of Hyderabad and took some people, allegedly associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party, who were trying to “purchase” four Telangana Rashtra Samithi MLAs.
According to the information available so far, the police have seized cash worth Rs 15 crore from three people who were said to be from Delhi, Tirupathi and Hyderabad.
Cyberabad police commissioner Stephen Ravindra said based on the information from the TRS MLAs, the police conducted raids on the farmhouse and caught some people associated with the BJP.
They were allegedly trying to lure four TRS MLAs – Achampet MLA Guvvala Balaraju, Kollapur MLA Beeram Harshvardhan Reddy, Pinapaka MLA Rega Kantha Rao and Tandur MLA Pilot Rohit Reddy into the BJP.
Some people from Delhi who have been camping in the farmhouse for the last two days were in touch with these four MLAs and on Wednesday, they were asked to come to the farmhouse to strike the deal.
The Cyberabad police led by Stephen Ravindra took the accused into custody and are interrogating them to find out who had sent them and who were behind them.
The MLAs reportedly told the commissioner that the accused tried to lure them with money and contracts.
The accused were identified as: Ramachandra Bharati of Faridabad, Simha Yaji from Tirupati and Nandakumar, a hotelier from Amberpet of Hyderabad and they are believed to be associates of Union minister G Kishan Reddy.
