He was wanted by Karnataka Police in case Crime No. 39/2020 of Mahadevapura Police Station, Bengaluru city (Karnataka) for the offences of rape, criminal intimidation and other crimes.
The West Bengal SSC recruitment scam is a teacher recruitment scam that came into light after the arrest of Bengal BJP leader Partha Chatterjee, Trinamool Congress leader who served as the education minister in Mamata Banerjee's cabinet until his arrest on 23 July 2022.
A division bench comprising Justices Abhay S. Oka and Pankaj Mithal heard the special leave petition filed by YSRCP rebel MP K. Raghurama Krishna Raju in the apex court.
The CBI had registered the case on May 18, 2022 against former Railway Minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad and 15 others, including his wife Rabri Devi, two daughters, and unidentified public servants and private persons.
They have been identified as Ajay Kumar, a resident of Karnataka, Aman Kumar aka Rupesh, a resident Jharkhand, and Vishal aka Abhishek Singh from Bihar.
In a letter addressed to CJI, Purandeswari said that as AP unit BJP president, she had received several oral representations about people in power continuing to be on bail for over 10 years, enjoying high positions like CM YS Jaganmohan Reddy and his Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Sai Reddy without being brought to justice
The Cash for Vote case dates back to May 31, 2015, when Revanth Reddy was caught red-handed by the ACB while giving Rs 50 lakh as an advance payment to nominated Anglo Indian MLA Elvis Stephenson.
The court has also ordered confiscation of all seized money and jewellery which was recovered during the searches. The case was registered on June 30, 2005 on a complaint against Pandher.