Mr Santhosh could have cited Gujarat electionrelated work.
Hyderabad:
Senior BJP chief BL Santhosh will not be questioned for now in the case of alleged conspiracy to “purchase” 4 MLAs from Chief Minister Okay Chandrashekar Rao’s TRS because the Telangana Excessive Court docket as we speak granted a keep until December 5 on notices issued to him by the Particular Investigation Staff (SIT) that is probing the allegations.
BL Santhosh had approached the court docket after the SIT had issued a second discover to BJP Nationwide Basic Secretary (Organisation) Mr Santhosh following instructions from the Telangana Excessive Court docket. He’s but to seem earlier than the investigation crew.
Mr Santhosh could have cited Gujarat election associated work, which he has been busy with. It was one of many causes he cited for him not being accessible in Delhi when the discover was to be issued to him. The primary discover was to be issued to him via the Delhi Police.
On November 21, he stated he didn’t obtain the primary discover, which was dated November 16. The court docket then stated that it may very well be despatched to him through e-mail and WhatsApp. Subsequently, he was requested to seem earlier than the SIT for questioning on November 26 or November 28.
The SIT had on Thursday filed a memo in a particular Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) court docket in Hyderabad, including the names of Mr Santhosh and two individuals from Kerala — Jaggu Swami and Tushar Vellapally — apart from B Srinivas, as accused within the case.
Three individuals — Ramachandra Bharati alias Satish Sharma, Nanda Kumar and Simhayaji Swamy — had been already named as accused within the case and arrested final month, they’ve since obtained bail, for allegedly making “a suggestion of Rs 100 crore” to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) legislators at a farmhouse. A criticism was lodged by TRS MLA Pilot Rohith Reddy, amongst 4 legislators, in opposition to them on October 26.
Rohith Reddy alleged that the accused supplied him Rs 100 crore and in return the legislator needed to depart the TRS and contest as a BJP candidate within the subsequent Meeting election.
The Cyberabad police had registered a case based mostly on audio and videotapes that had been leaked first after which additionally shared by the Chief Minister Rao.
The Telangana authorities on November 9 ordered the establishing of a seven-member SIT to probe into the alleged poaching of the MLAs.
The poaching allegations come amid heightened political rivalry as Chief Minister Rao, or ‘KCR’, lately renamed the TRS to Bharat Rashtra Samithi to purpose for a nationwide function in opposition to PM Modi and the BJP in 2024.
