stephenson elvis

In a crucial development, the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) has authenticated audiovisual and audio recordings of the cash-for-vote case trap to be genuine.

After the audio tape was aired on TV channels, TOI tried to contact several ACB sleuths, including director-general (DG) AK Khan to verify the authenticity of the tapes and also to check if summons were going to be issued to Naidu.

ACB later furnished in court details about an alleged telephonic conversation Naidu had with Stephenson 'assuring' the latter that he would "honour the commitments and promises made by his men for securing the vote".

The cash-for-vote chargesheet filed by the Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) not only targets Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu but also describes his supposed conversation with complainant Elvis Stephenson.

The Hyderabad High Court on Friday stayed the bailable warrant issued against nominated MLA Elvis Stephenson, who is a complainant in the cash-for-vote case.The warrant was issued by a single judge earlier.

Elvis Stephenson, the nominated MLA at the center of the cash-for-vote case, is learnt to have declared that Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu indeed spoke to assure him that he would get all the help from the TDP.

The heat of the political battle playing out in Telangana was felt in the Supreme Court on Thursday when the latter took up the hearing in the cash-for-vote scam.

With TRS achieving a landslide victory and TDP managing to win only two seats despite forming an alliance with Congress, CPI and TJS, the cash-for-vote case, where the then Telugu Desam Party MLA Revanth Reddy and others were accused of trying to bribe nominated MLA Elvis Stephenson to

Smart phones and hi-tech snooping devices played a crucial role in nailing TDP MLA A Revanth Reddy in the cash-for-vote scam. Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths used two iPhones along with three Sony audio recorders to capture the conversation related to the Rs 50 lakh cash transaction between Revanth Reddy and nominated MLA Elvis Stephenson, which proved to be the vital evidence in nailing the legislator and his associates.

Smart phones and hi-tech snooping devices played a crucial role in nailing TDP MLA A Revanth Reddy in the cash-for-vote scam. Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths used two iPhones along with three Sony audio recorders to capture the conversation related to the Rs 50 lakh cash transaction between Revanth Reddy and nominated MLA Elvis Stephenson, which proved to be the vital evidence in nailing the legislator and his associates.

A day after he was arrested on charges of trying to bribe a nominated MLA, TDP legislator A Revanth Reddy and two others were produced before a magistrate and remanded in 14-day judicial custody on Monday.

Amid tight security, the third additional chief metropolitan magistrate of Hyderabad on Wednesday recorded the statement of nominated MLA Elvis Stephenson.

A local court on Friday granted a four-day custody of TDP MLA Revanth Reddy and two others, arrested in a "cash for vote" case, to the anti-corruption bureau (ACB).

The first cabinet meeting of the Telangana government, after it came back to power, on Monday nominated Elvis Stephenson as a member of the Telangana assembly representing the Anglo-Indian community.

The cash-for-vote case has exposed how vulnerable it is to discuss operational details of an illegal activity over phone in the smart phone era as voice recordings in the mobile of complainant Elvis Stephenson and accused bishop Harry Sebastian proved to be clinching evidence for the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB).

Giving a new twist to the cash-for-vote scam, Telangana home minister Nayani Narasimha Reddy on Wednesday claimed that the Anti-Corruption Bureau is in possession of an audio tape on the alleged conversation between AP chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Telangana nominated MLA Elvis Stephenson.