Rajamahendravaram: Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister and Telugu Desam Celebration chief N Chandrababu Naidu was lodged on the Central Jail in Rajamahendravaram within the early hours of Monday after a courtroom in Vijayawada despatched him to judicial custody for 14 days in a multi-crore corruption case. The previous Andhra Praesh chief minister reached the jail after an almost 200-km journey to Rajamahendravaram in East Godavari district from Vijayawada.
“Chandrababu Naidu went within the jail round 1:20 AM,” East Godavari district Superintendent of Police P Jagadish was quoted saying by PTI.
Dwelling-cooked meals, remedy and a particular room had been among the many facilities granted by the courtroom to Naidu throughout his judicial custody. The 73-year-old former chief minister has been supplied with a separate lodging contained in the jail in view of the purported menace to his life. He’s a Z-plus class safety protectee.
#WATCH | Andhra Pradesh former CM N Chandrababu Naidu dropped at Rajahmundry Central Jail.
CM N Chandrababu Naidu was despatched to judicial custody until September 23 in a corruption case yesterday. pic.twitter.com/tM3L0dEdw7
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Naidu’s son and TDP common secretary Nara Lokesh trailed his father to the jail gates and waited exterior for a while earlier than leaving. In keeping with the detention order, the decide highlighted that there are grounds to consider the accusations levelled towards Naidu, and 24 hours weren’t sufficient to finish the investigation.
Naidu was arrested within the Talent Improvement Company rip-off case following a pre-dawn operation on Saturday at Nandyala, which concerned officers knocking on the door of the caravan by which he was sleeping. He was arrested by the CID round 6 AM on Saturday from a wedding corridor exterior which his caravan was parked. TDP staff had staged protests at a number of locations on Saturday when the 73-year-old chief was being dropped at Vijayawada from Nandyal, the place he was arrested by the CID and police had been taking all precautions to foil any such protests in the course of the journey to Rajahmundry. As a precautionary measure, police have imposed part 144 of CrPC throughout the state.
Arrest Unlawful, Political Vendetta By YSR Govt: Naidu
The TDP chief himself had made submissions earlier than the decide. He known as his arrest unlawful and an act of political vendetta by the YSR Congress Celebration authorities. Naidu alleged that there isn’t any rule of regulation within the state as the federal government is violating the basic rights of the residents. He additionally submitted to the courtroom that the funds for talent growth tasks had been offered within the state finances for 2015-16 and argued that the finances handed by the Meeting can’t be known as a felony act.
Showing for Naidu, senior Supreme Courtroom lawyer Sidharth Luthra argued that the CID didn’t take permission from the Governor earlier than arresting the Chief of the Opposition. The courtroom didn’t agree with the argument of Naidu’s counsel that IPC’s Part 409 (Legal breach of belief by public servant) doesn’t apply on this case.
In keeping with the CID, the Rs 371 crore rip-off befell between 2014 and 2018 when Naidu was Chief Minister. In the course of the course of the investigation, 141 witnesses have been examined up to now and their statements had been recorded. On verification of the paperwork and analyzing the witnesses, investigation disclosed that Naidu orchestrated the deep-rooted conspiracy by taking part in a key position at varied levels in collusion with different accused, with a preconceived plan geared toward siphoning off of the funds launched from the general public exchequer in direction of the challenge, the CID mentioned.
