Andhra Pradesh High Court today asked the state Anti-Corruption Bureau to takeover the probe against suspended special CBI court judge T Pattabhiramaa,accused of granting bail to mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy allegedly for abribe.
CBIhad claimed to have recovered nearly Rs 1.80 crore here from a bank locker, thekeys of which were allegedly in possession of Rao's son, after it receivedtip-off that a deal had been struck between Rao and Reddy, a former KarnatakaMinister, for bail to the latter in the illegal mining case involving Reddy'sfirm OMC. Following this, HC last week suspended the judge.
Anti-CorruptionBureau (ACB) Director General B Prasada Rao told PTI tonight that CBI filed areport before the High Court, which today issued directions that the ACB shouldregister a case and take up further probe.
"TheCBI has handed over the files to us. It is under process...we may register acase tomorrow in this regard," the Director General said.
PattabhiramaRao was placed under suspension on May 31. He had granted bail to GaliJanardhan Reddy in the OMC illegal mining case last month while rejecting thebail to IAS officer Y Srilakshmi, another accused.
Afterreceiving the tip-off about alleged bribe deal, CBI apprised the Chief Justiceof High Court, and upon getting a green signal, it got the locker opened andrecovered nearly Rs 1.80 crore. CBI suspects it was a part of the bribe amount.