Telangana MP convicted of bribing Voters, to appeal in High Court

  

For perhaps the first time, a sitting Member of Parliament has been convicted for bribing voters during the 2019 general elections.

TRS Lok Sabha MP Kavitha Maloth and her associate were convicted by a special Sessions Court for MP & MLA cases in Hyderabad on Saturday.

The Lok Sabha MP from Mahbubabad & her aide, Shaukat Ali - who is incidentally the first accused, were sentenced to 6 months in jail & imposed a fine of ₹ 10,000. The Court has granted them bail to file an appeal before a higher Court.

Ms Kavitha will appeal in the HC, the news agency reported.

Ali had been caught by a flying team squad distributing cash to people in the parliamentary seat. A case was filed under the Burgampahad police station limits.

 

The Special Sessions Court meant to expedite criminal cases against elected representatives was set up in March 2018 & has so far convicted BJP MLA from Hyderabad, Raja Singh, for assaulting a police officer, & TRS MLA Danam Nagender for inciting an aide to assault a Govt official.

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