TDP MLA Yeluri Sambasiva Rao booked as prime accused for allegedly bribing votes in 2019 elections

VIJAYAWADA: Parchuru TDP MLA Yeluri Sambasiva Rao has been named as accused number one (A1) among five for allegedly bribing voters during the 2019 elections. In a follow up to a search operation by the Andhra Pradesh State Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (APSDRI) at the office of Nova AgriTech Ltd where Sambasiva Rao is the chairman, a complaint was registered at the Inkollu police Station.

An FIR with Cr no 36/2024 was registered u/s 123(1) RPA 1951,171-E r/w 120b IPC against accused Yeluri Sambasiva Rao (A1), Pullela Ajay Babu (A2), Appa Rao (A3), Baji Babu (A4), and Sai Ganesh (A5) for bribing voters to cast votes in favour of A1, who was a contesting candidate of TDP in Parchuru constituency. A case was registered after taking permission from the jurisdictional court.

A recent search at the company's premises unearthed a diary containing handwritten entries detailing cash inflows and outflows for bribing voters during the 2019 general elections. These entries, spanning 13 pages, suggest large sums of money were illegally channeled through unknown sources and distributed to voters before the election date of April 11, 2019.

Investigation revealed that Nova Group employees and key personnel were allegedly involved in carrying out these illegal transactions on behalf of MLA candidate Sambasiva Rao, who ultimately won the seat from Parchuru Assembly Constituency.