Judges' DA case likely to be probed by IT, ED

Hyderabad: The two accused judges M. Gandhi and S. Radhakrishna Murthy, booked by the Anti-Corruption Bureau in disproportionate assets and criminal misconduct cases, are likely to be further nailed by the Enforcement Directorate and the Income Tax department. 

The ACB had said earlier that all high-profile cases will be given to IT and ED once the chargesheet has been filed, for further scrutiny of the case. Both the judges are currently under judicial remand.

While the prohibition of Money Laundering Act cases will be booked by the ED, the prohibition of Benami Properties Act cases will be booked by the Income Tax department. A senior officer from the Anti-Corruption Bureau said, "The cases are sent to the ED and IT because, the I-T and Enforcement Directorate are better equipped to investigate further, with the reference provided by the ACB. 

The accused will be further booked under the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amend-ment Act and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA)."

I-T and Enforcement Directorate  will run parallel investigations and book cases accordingly. In the above-mentioned case where the two judges M. Gandhi and S. Radhakrishna Murthy were nailed by the ACB, following a direction of the High Court, the labour court judge M. Gandhi was booked in a disproportionate assets' case with a total of 3 crore plus properties unearthed. The Hyderabad 1 Metropolitan sessions judge S. Radhakrishna Murthy was booked in a Cash for Bail scam.