TRS MLAs poaching case: two accused released on bail gets nabbed again

Hyderabad: Shortly after the release of the two accused in the MLA poaching case, Ramachandra Bharathi and K. Nanda on bail, the police nab them again in connection with other cases registered against them.

They were arrested by the Banjara Hills police soon after they were released on bail from Chanchalguda Central Prison and are likely to be produced before a court later in the day.

While Ramachandra Bharati was booked for holding multiple passports, Aadhaar cards and other documents, five cases were registered against Nanda Kumar for cheating and other offences.

The police booked Ramachandra Bharati under Indian Penal Code sections 467 (forgery of valuable security, will, etc), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating) and 471 (using as genuine a forged document) and sections 12 of the Passports Act, 1967. He holds one passport in the name of Shree Ramachandra Swami Ji and another in the name of Bharat Kumar Sharma.

Ramachandra Bharati, a priest from Faridabad in Haryana, is alleged to have close links with some top leaders of BJP.

The police had earlier booked him for forgery. On a complaint by one of the TRS MLAs Pilot Rohit Reddy, Banjara Hills police had registered a case for possessing fake Aadhaar, PAN cards and driving licenses.

The Telangana High Court had granted bail to all the three accused in the MLAs poaching case on December 1. However, they remained in jail for a week as they could not arrange two sureties and a personal bond for Rs 3 lakhs as directed by the court.

Simhayaji, another accused was released on Wednesday.

Ramachandra Bharati along with Simhayaji, a pontiff from Tirupati and Nanda Kumar, a businessman in Hyderabad were arrested by Cyberabad police during a raid on a farm house at Moinabad near Hyderabad on October 26.

-IANS Inputs