Telugu Desam Party is yet to recover from the shock it received after the arrest of one of its Telangana MLA, A. Revanth Reddy's in the cash-for-vote scam. But today it found itself in yet another controversy after a cash bag with Rs 10 lakh was found at its Women Empowerment and Child Welfare minister, Peethala Sujatha's residence in West Godavari District.

According to reports, Subba Rao one of the servants in the minister's residence in Veeravasam village of West Godavari district, who noticed the bag lying in the premises, informed to Peethala Sujatha's father who quickly informed the pol

The police found that there was Rs 10 lakh cash, some certificates and a District Selection Committee (DSC) hall ticket of a woman aspirant was found in the bag. The police seized the bag and launched an investigation to find out how the bag reached Sujatha's house.

Responding on the incident, Sujatha claimed innocence and said she was not present at her home when the incident occurred.

Incidentally, Sujatha, who also holds the portfolio for the state's mining industry was earlier alleged to have accepted Rs 40 lakh bribery from mining contractors. Earlier, the minister invited the wrath of Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu when she accepted a gold waist belt offered by a group of realtors.

Later, the police found the cash bag belongs to a retired teacher Vishnuvathi. She told police that she went to meet minister's father as she knows him fairly well and forget the cash bag there. According to her, the cash was drawn from a bank for the marriage of her brother's daughter. However, she failed to convince as why she was silent with out giving complaint or even enquiring about the missing of her bag till police reached her.

Also it is not yet clarified why DSC hall ticket and certificates of a girl were also kept in the bag. Suspicions are doing rounds whether the money was brought to bribe the minister for someone's selection in teacher's recruitment process.