The CBI today carried out searches at six locations in Jharkhand and Bihar including residences of three MLAs and an industrialist for alleged corruption and horse-trading during the recent Rajya Sabha elections. AIR correspondent reports, a case has also been registered.

CBI teams carried searches on the premises of three MLAs — K N Tripathi (Congress) at Palamau, Suresh Paswan (RJD) at Deogarh and Vishnu Bhaiyya (BJP) at Jamtara — and industrialist R K Agarwal, who was one of the independent candidates in the recent Rajya Sabha elections .

The election held on March 30 was countermanded following allegations that certain candidates were trying to reach the Upper House through horse-trading. The CBI has registered the case after obtaining the original FIR registered with the Namkum police station following the recovery of over two crore rupees cash from a vehicle on poll day.