A court here has issued a Non-Bailable Warrant against BJP Lok Sabha member B Sriramulu in connection with a case of cheating filed against him.
The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate here has ordered the issue of NBW on a complaint of cheating involving Rs 2.96 crore which has been registered against Sriramulu.
A functionary of Sriramulu's erstwhile party BSR Congress had filed the complaint in April claiming he was promised a ticket by him to contest the Lok Sabha polls or that he would be made an MLC.
Sriramulu had issued a cheque but it was dishonoured, the complainant, Somashekar from BSR Congress, Mysore district unit, had alleged.
In the complaint, registered with Bellary rural police, Somashekhar alleged that when he approached Sriramulu for not honouring the promise, he was threatened.
Sriramulu had, however, dismissed the allegations as an attempt to tarnish his image and a "political conspiracy" against him.
Sriramulu, a one-time close associate of former minister and mining baron Janardhana Reddy, had floated BSR Congress two years ago but rejoined BJP, leaving his outfit.
