<p>A judge, who was an accused in the cash-for bail scam involving former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy, on Monday died under suspicious circumstances here, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>D. Prabhakar Rao was found dead at his residence in east Maredpally in Secunderabad. Family members said he died of cardiac arrest.<br /><br />Police have registered a case under suspicious circumstances and were investigating if it is suicide or a natural death. The body was shifted to government-run Gandhi Hospital for autopsy.<br /><br />Prabhakar Rao was arrested in the sensational case in 2012 and was later released on bail. He had reportedly told his friends that he was falsely implicated in the case.<br /><br />Prabhakar Rao was Family Court-cum-3rd Additional district and sessions judge of Srikakulam when he was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in July 2012. He was one of the three serving judges to be arrested in the case.<br /><br />It was First Additional Special Judge for CBI cases T. Patattabhirama Rao who had granted bail to mining baron Janardhan Reddy in illegal mining case.<br /><br />The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had exposed an alleged deal of Rs.10 crore for granting bail to Janardhan Reddy.<br /><br />Prabhakar Rao, who had earlier worked as Secretary (Legal) in Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission, had allegedly contacted Pattabhirama Rao for facilitating bail to the former Karnataka minister.</p>
<p>A judge, who was an accused in the cash-for bail scam involving former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy, on Monday died under suspicious circumstances here, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>D. Prabhakar Rao was found dead at his residence in east Maredpally in Secunderabad. Family members said he died of cardiac arrest.<br /><br />Police have registered a case under suspicious circumstances and were investigating if it is suicide or a natural death. The body was shifted to government-run Gandhi Hospital for autopsy.<br /><br />Prabhakar Rao was arrested in the sensational case in 2012 and was later released on bail. He had reportedly told his friends that he was falsely implicated in the case.<br /><br />Prabhakar Rao was Family Court-cum-3rd Additional district and sessions judge of Srikakulam when he was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in July 2012. He was one of the three serving judges to be arrested in the case.<br /><br />It was First Additional Special Judge for CBI cases T. Patattabhirama Rao who had granted bail to mining baron Janardhan Reddy in illegal mining case.<br /><br />The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had exposed an alleged deal of Rs.10 crore for granting bail to Janardhan Reddy.<br /><br />Prabhakar Rao, who had earlier worked as Secretary (Legal) in Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission, had allegedly contacted Pattabhirama Rao for facilitating bail to the former Karnataka minister.</p>