After taking action against former Justice Chalapathi Rao, the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday suspended one more former judge in the cash-for-bail scam of mining baron and former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy.
The High Court has suspended former judge D Prabhakar Rao, who was currently employed at the State Election Commission as the Secretary (Legal), suspecting him to be one of the facilitators in getting bail to Janardhan Reddy. On Thursday, his services were recalled and he was posted as judge of a Family Court cum-III Additional district and Sessions judge at Srikakulam. However, before he could take charge of his new posting, he has been suspended.
While Chalapati Rso was offered Rs 5 crore for granting bail to Gali, Prabhakar was allegedly offered Rs 10 crore. But Pattabhi struck the deal along with his trusted friend and retired judge Chalapathi Rao. In the confession statement before the Anti-Corruption Bureau, Chalapathi Rao said, “Pattabhi told me that one Prabhakar Rao is offering Rs 10 crore for the bail and he would be able to say anything only after having a look at the files.”
–Agencies