HYDERABAD: Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday grilled Telangana Congress working president A Revanth Reddy in connection with the cash-for-vote case.Sources said that the questioning will be continued on Wednesday in connection with the Prevention of Money Laundering Act ( PMLA ) booked against Revanth Reddy and three other accused in cash for vote scam that shook both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandra Babu Naidu’s name has also figured in the case as the phone recordings seized from one of the accused, Bishop Harry Sebastian of an independent church, revealed that the AP chief minister was in contact with Revanth Reddy and others accused in the case.Revanth Reddy was accused of trying to bribe Anglo Indian MLA Elvis Stephenson to make a vote for TDP’s MLC candidate Vem Narendar Reddy in the legislative council polls. Revanth Reddy was a part of the Telugu Desam Party ( TDP ) then. ED sleuths quizzed Revanth Reddy on the source of Rs 50 lakh cash and who he had made arrangements for remaining cash. He was also asked about the audio tapes of AP chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu. The questioning continued until late in the evening and took over 10 hours.Telangana Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) had initially registered an FIR against four accused including Revanth Reddy and had filed a chargesheet against the four on July 27, 2015.On August 29, 2016, the ACB court had taken cognisance of offences under Section 12 of the PC Act and Section 120-B of the IPC against those accused in the cash-for-vote scam. The ED had booked a case under PMLA taking cognizance of 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

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