The SIT, that reports to the High Court, is probing the alleged role of BJP leaders’ attempt to poach MLAs of the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi party.
It was alleged that on September 6 two out of the three accused persons (Ramachandra Bharati @ Satish Sharma and Nanda Kumar) had met a TRS politician and negotiated with him not to contest as a candidate from the TRS party. Instead, he was asked to resign from TRS and join BJP.
The politician further stated that in connection with the same, he was offered an amount of ₹100 crores besides certain contract works of the Central government and was even threatened with dire consequences if he refused.
The BJP, however, contended that the entire episode was stage managed with the sole objective of defaming appellant political party.
Against this backdrop, it moved the High Court contending that the case registered with the Moinabad Police Station should be entrusted to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or a Special Investigation Team (SIT) for a free and fair investigation.
Source: Barandbench
