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TRS MP gets 6 months in jail for bribing voters

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Updated At : 12:51 PM Jul 25, 2021 IST

Hyderabad, July 24

A local court on Saturday sentenced TRS MP from Mahabubabad in Telangana, Maloth Kavitha, to six months imprisonment on charges of bribing voters during the 2019 Lok Sabha poll cases related to MPs/MLAs here also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on her.

She is the second accused in the case. The case, which relates to a party worker distributing money, seeking votes in her favour, was registered with the Burgampahad police in Bhadradri-Kothagudem district. — PTI

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