Daijiworld Media Network - Telangana
Telangana, Nov 2: Two men have been held with Rs 1 crore that was being illegally transported for alleged use in the Dubbak bypoll in Telangana. One of the accused in the case, is Surabhi Srinivas Rao, brother-in-law of BJP candidate M Raghunandan Rao, a report by NDTV stated.
The commissioner's task force, north zone team along with Begumpet Police, busted the 'illegal transport' of Rs 1 crore near Begumpet flyover. The money was being transported in a Toyota Innova so that it could be distributed among the voters.
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Businessman Surabhi Srinivas Rao (47) who runs a 'technical manpower supply business' called A to Z Solutions Ltd and T Ravi Kumar (33) the driver of the car are the two who have been arrested in this case.
The seized currency notes are of denominations Rs 500 and Rs 2,000.
"The (seized) mobile phones have revealed a lot of information that directly links the cash seized to the BJP candidate in Dubbak," Hyderabad police commissioner Anjani Kumar said.
Investigators said the money was collected by Surabhi Srinivas Rao from Vishaka Industries' office in at Begumpet, Secunderabad in order to deliver at Dubbak for distribution to voters.
A manager of Vishaka Industries, owned by G Vivek Venkata Swamy, the former MP of Peddapally, allegedly handed over the cash to him to transport from Hyderabad to Dubbak. The seized property and the accused have been handed over to Begumpet police station for further investigation.
There have been at least five instances of unaccounted cash seized in the last 10 days, allegedly linked to the bypolls.