Hyderabad sources have stated that Anti-Corruption Bureau court, Hyderabad, special judge N Victor Immanuel on Monday has directed authorities to investigate the complaint against Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu in the cash for vote scandal that rocked Telangana in 2015.
Meanwhile on May 31st last year, TDP legislator A Revanth Reddy and two others, Bishop Sebastian Harry and Uday Simha, were arrested by ACB while allegedly paying a bribe of Rs 50 lakh to nominated MLA Elvis Stephenson has sought his support for TDP nominee Vem Narendar Reddy in the Legislative Council elections.
It is stated that ACB later has furnished in court details about an alleged telephonic conversation Naidu had with Stephenson 'assuring' the latter that he would honor the commitments and promises made by his men for securing the vote.
The YSRCP MLA in his complaint has urged the court to include Naidu as an accused in the case and he got the voice samples of Naidu in the telephonic conversation he had with Stephenson and one from his speech delivered at the World Economic Forum meeting at Davos, verified through an independent scientific agency.
