Dr.Thomas (Special Correspondent)
Multi-millionaire real estate baron D Kupendra Reddy in the Rajya Sabha poll from BJP and JDS alliance,and his associates has been booked under bribery and undue influence following a complaint to the Vidhana Soudha police on Tuesday.
Based on the complaint filed by Ravikumar P,MLA Mandya assembly constituency, the Vidhana Soudha police charged Kupendra Reddy and his associates under section 171 E ( bribery ) and 171 F ( undue influence at election).
Mr.Ravikumar earlier met City police commissioner and submitted a petition in this regard seeking legal action.
In his complaint,Ravikumar said that Kupendra Reddy was the second candidate for the JDS and BJP alliance with no vote margin to win the election .
Since there is less chance of him winning the election, he had resorted to wooing the congress party members through money or pressure to vote for him.
He even roped his associates including city based hotelier identified as Ravi to approach Ms.Latha,MLA, offering money and threats to vote for Kupendra Reddy.
Similar attempts have been made with Darshan Puttannaiah,and the accused are sending their party workers to stalk the MLAs to create fear and threats, he said in his complaint.
