ACB questions TDP MLA, aides in cash-for-vote scam

Hyderabad, June 8: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Telangana on Monday continued questioning TDP legislator A. Revanth Reddy and two others in the cash-for-vote scam. The ACB sleuths interrogated the three accused men at its headquarters for the third consecutive day. They were first taken to government-run Osmania Hospital for a medical check-up. The ACB is questioning them to find out the source of Rs.50 lakh and also from where they planned to bring another Rs.4.5 crore under the Rs.5 crore deal. They were also being questioned about the complicity of other political leaders. The interrogation on the third day assumed significance in the wake of release of an audio tape - a purported telephonic conversation between Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Stephenson. The audio tape was aired on Sunday night on T News, a channel owned by Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS). Describing Naidu as the mastermind, the TRS leaders have been demanding that he should be included in the case as the prime accused. Meanwhile, a city court adjourned to Wednesday the hearing on Revanth Reddy's bail petition as the ACB sought more time to file the counter.