HYDERABAD: In what appears to be the continuance of a see-saw battle between State and Central investigation agencies, the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Hyderabad zone, on Friday summoned BRS Tandur MLA Pilot Rohith Reddy to appear before it on December 19 along with statements of his bank accounts, documents relating to his companies, his and his family members’ movable and immovable assets.
The ED’s action has raised eyebrows as he happens to be the main complainant in the case of the attempt to poach him and three other BRS MLAs in a farmhouse in Moinabad on October 26 allegedly by three emissaries of BJP — Faridabad priest Ramachandra Bharati, pontiff Simhayaji and hotelier Nanda Kumar. They allegedly offered `100 crore to Rohit Reddy and `50 crore each to the remaining three for joining the BJP.
Reacting to ED’s summons, Rohith said he would seek a probe by a sitting judge into how BJP State president Bandi Sanjay Kumar could predict that very soon the Enforcement Directorate would issue a notice to him in connection with the Bengaluru drugs case. In a statement here, he asked: “How did Sanjay know that I will get an ED notice? Let him take a vow at Yadadri that he is clean on this count.
Let him fix a date. How come the ED has not sent notices to the Adanis and Ambanis? Why is it that BJP general secretary BL Santhosh is not cooperating with the investigation into the BRS MLAs’ poaching case?”
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