On the 19th of March, the Andhra Pradesh High Court (HC) stayed the Crime Investigation Department (CID) probe on Chandrababu Naidu, the President of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP.)
Recently, the CID issued notice to Chandrababu Naidu in an alleged land scam of Amaravati.
While hearing the case, the the Judge asked the CID officials to show if there was any clear evidence in the matter of the alleged assigned lands. They said that the enquiry was in the preliminary stage.
Meanwhile, the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) Alla Ramakrishna Reddy commented on the announcement. He said the honourable High Court will verify all the details of his evidence in due course and added that it will take some more time. When asked if, the YSRCP Government is behind thr act, he ruled out and said, the Party is not aiming at TDP Chief Chandrababu Naidu as part of the political vendetta.
Recently, on the 15th of March, the Crime Investigation Department (CID) registered a first information report (FIR) against Nara Chandrababu Naidu, the National President of the Telugu Desam Party. The registered FIR was linked with the Amaravati land scam, done during his tenure as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (A.P.)
The three times Chief Minister of A.P., Mr. Naidu, has been alleged of aggregation of thousands of acres for the proposed capital of the divided State of Andhra Pradesh.
The CID of A.P., charged Chandrababu Naidu for various procedural irregularities in the Capital City Project in 2014. The charges were filed against Chandrababu Naidu as he was the CM of A.P., and also the Chairman of the A.P., Capital Region Development Authority.
The CID registered a case under Section 120 B (conspiracy) and Sections 166, 167 and 217 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC,) read with Prohibition of Assigned Lands Alienation Act of 1977 and the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) Prevention of Atrocities Act.
Besides Mr. Naidu, P. Narayana has also been named in the FIR. The CID issued summons to both the leaders and asked them to appear before the CID.
Mr. Naidu was asked to present before the CID on the 23rd of March.
