Supreme Court of India.
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The Supreme Court on Monday requested the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to maintain its investigation into allegations that the BJP conspired to poach Telangana’s Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) legislators.
“The investigation is not to be continued while the matter is sub judice or it will become infructuous. That is the thumb rule,” a Bench led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna orally mentioned.
The Telangana authorities has argued within the Supreme Court that transferring the case to the CBI would show ineffective because it was “controlled by the BJP”.
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The State had on November 9 ordered the organising of a seven-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the alleged try to poach the MLAs. The High Court subsequently transferred the case from the SIT to the CBI.
Three folks — Ramachandra Bharati alias Satish Sharma, Nandu Kumar and Simhayaji Swamy — have been already named as accused within the case after a criticism was lodged by BRS MLA Pilot Rohith Reddy, amongst 4 legislators, towards them on October 26.
The trio was arrested whereas they have been allegedly making an attempt to lure the 4 MLAs of the ruling BRS to be a part of the BJP. Recently, they have been granted bail by the High Court.
As per the First Information Report copy, Mr. Reddy alleged that the accused supplied him ₹100 crore and in return the legislator had to go away the TRS, now BRS, and contest as a BJP candidate within the subsequent Assembly election.
They had allegedly requested Mr. Reddy to carry extra BRS MLAs by providing ₹50 crore every to be a part of the BJP.
