HYDERABAD: Anti corruption Buraeu sleuths on Monday arrested Karnataka MLA T H Suresh Babu in the city in connection with cash-for-bail scam.
On Sunday evening, an ACB team, which has been tracking the movements of Suresh Babu, found that the legislator was in the city to meet an advocate over his anticipatory bail. The team laid a trap near advocate V Surendar Rao's house in Ashok Nagar, where Suresh Babu was supposed to seek advice about the bail.
"Suresh Babu arrived at the advocate's house around 6pm. After talking to the advocate for 30 minutes, he came out and got into his vehicle. We immediately intercepted the vehicle and took him into custody," an ACB officer said.
The Kampli MLA is currently being questioned by the ACB sleuths and he would be produced before court on Tuesday.
The ACB has named eight people as accused in the scam in which suspended CBI judge T Pattabhirama Rao was bribed for granting bail to Gali Janardhan Reddy, prime accused in the Obulapuram Mining Company scam. Apart from Suresh Babu, the accused list in the cash-for-bail scam includes Bellary (Urban) MLA Gali Somasekhar Reddy, suspended CBI judge T Pattabhirama Rao, his son T Ravi Chandra, suspended judges D Prabhakar Rao, K Lakshmi Narasimha Rao, retired judge T V Chalapati Rao, history- sheeter P Yadgiri Rao and advocate Aditya.
With the arrest of Suresh Babu, the only person yet to be arrested in the case is Bellary (Urban) MLA Gali Somasekhar Reddy. ACB sleuths said he was absconding. A look-out notice has already been issued against the MLA, preventing him from leaving the country. All the other accused are in judicial custody.
Edited By Cen Fox Post Team
