Hyderabad, Nov. 8 -- Telangana High Court on Tuesday lifted the stay on the probe deferring investigation in the case lodged by Moinabad police in connection with the alleged attempts to lure four TRS MLAs with offers of huge sums of cash at a farmhouse.

While lifting the stay, the High court issued notices to the state and sought a counter affidavit from them by November 18 and directed them to update the progress of the investigation. However, the writ petition is kept pending and the petitioners are given the liberty to canvas their grievances to the court.

The court was dealing with the petition filed by the BJP state unit, which sought an investigation by an independent agency. The court issued notices to the union and state govern...