Agencies
: Hyderabad
Anti-Corruption Bureau officials
today questioned suspended CBI Judge T Pattabhirama Rao, accused of taking
bribe to grant bail to former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy in the
Obulapuram Mining Company case.
A team of ACB officials reached
Rao's house here this morning and took him to their office, where his
interrogation is underway.
ACB Director-General B Prasada
Rao said, “He (Pattabhirama Rao) is being questioned by ACB officials.”
The ACB has already arrested
retired Judge P V Chalapathi Rao and Pattabhirama Rao's son T Ravi Chandra in
the cash-for-bail-scam.
Amid allegations of illegal
gratification and corruption against Pattabhirama Rao, the Andhra Pradesh High
Court suspended him on May 31 while transferring the case to ACB which
registered a case against Pattabhirama and seven others including Chalapathi
Rao and Janardhan Reddy's elder brother and Bellary
On a tip off that a deal was
allegedly struck between Janardhan Reddy, the judge and others, the CBI had
recovered cash of nearly Rs 1.60 crore from five lockers here, the keys of
which were allegedly in possession of Pattabhirama's son Ravi Chandra.
CBI had also seized Rs 1.14 crore
from the possession of T Balaji Rao, brother of Chalapathi Rao.
The CBI had earlier told ACB that
Gali Janardhan Reddy's elder brother and Bellary
The CBI had handed over documents
pertaining to the matter to ACB including mobile and land phone numbers
allegedly used during finalisation of the alleged deal and duration of
conversations
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