HC orders judicial remand of accused in MLAs’ case

Court Stops Police Investigation Into Farmhouse Incident

- SagarKumar Mutha

Hyderabad: Overruling a lower court’s order, the Telangana high court on Saturday ordered judicial remand of three people accused by the state police of trying to poach four MLAs from TRS to BJP. However, in a petition filed by BJP, another judge of the court asked the Cyberabad police not to proceed with their investigation into the alleged cash-for-defection case till November 4, when the next hearing will take place.

Following a criminal revision petition filed by Cyberabad police challenging the ACB court’s order, Justice C Sumalatha said the three accused should immediately surrender to the Cyberabad police commissioner and be sent to jail till the next time the police present them before a court. The ACB court had on Thursday night refused to send the three accused to police custody, rejecting the police remand report on grounds that they had failed to issue proper notice to the accused.