A Hyderabad court docket on Sunday sent Andhra politician Y.S. Bhaskar Reddy, arrested earlier in the day in reference to the 2019 murder case of his cousin and former Andhra Pradesh minister Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy, to 14 days judicial custody. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which arrested Bhaskar Reddy from Pulivendula city in Andhra Pradesh’s Kadapa district early on Sunday, introduced him to Hyderabad and produced earlier than a Justice of the Peace who sent him to judicial custody until April 29.
Bhaskar Reddy, father of Kadapa MP Y.S. Avinash Reddy, was shifted to Chanchalguda Central Jail. Before producing Bhaskar Reddy on the Justice of the Peace’s residence, the CBI took him to Osmania General Hospital for medical check-up. His blood strain was discovered to be excessive. His legal professionals knowledgeable the Justice of the Peace about his ill-health. The Justice of the Peace requested them to present medical certificates to jail superintendents for applicable motion.
Bhaskar Reddy was arrested early Sunday from his residence in Pulivendula city by the CBI amid excessive drama. A workforce of CBI officers went to his residence and handed a memo to his members of the family informing them that they’re arresting him beneath Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections 120 B learn with 302 and 201. Numerous Bhaskar Reddy’s followers had gathered at his residence on the time of the arrest. Some of the supporters reportedly tried to cease the car when he was being shifted to Hyderabad.
Supporters of Bhaskar Reddy and Avinash Reddy later took out a rally in the city to protest the arrest. Shops and enterprise institutions had been closed. Avinash Reddy, who reached Pulivendula from Hyderabad, alleged that the CBI ignored key details in the case to undertaking them as accused in the case. Bhaskar Reddy’s arrest got here two days after police arrested G. Uday Kumar Reddy, a detailed follower of Avinash Reddy.
The CBI expedited the tempo of investigation after the Supreme Court final week constituted a brand new Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the company and directed it to full the investigation by April 30.
Vivekananda Reddy, brother of former Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and uncle of current Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, was discovered murdered at his residence in Pulivendula of Kadapa district on the evening of March 15, 2019, just a few days earlier than the elections. The 68-year-old former state minister and former MP was alone at his home when unidentified individuals barged in and killed him.
The CBI took over the investigation into the case in 2020 on the course of Andhra Pradesh High Court whereas listening to a petition of Vivekananda Reddy’s daughter Suneetha Reddy, who raised suspicion about some kin. The Supreme Court transferred the case to Hyderabad in November final 12 months whereas observing that doubts raised by Suneetha Reddy about getting a good trial and investigation in Andhra Pradesh had been cheap.
In an affidavit filed in the Telangana High Court in February whereas opposing the bail petition of Sunil Yadav, one of many accused, the CBI had claimed that Avinash Reddy, Bhaskara Reddy and their follower D. Siva Sankar Reddy had hatched a legal conspiracy to kill Vivekananda Reddy over conflicting political ambitions.
Avinash Reddy and Bhaskar Reddy allegedly had a grouse in opposition to Vivekananda Reddy because the latter was opposed to the YSRCP fielding Avinash Reddy because the social gathering candidate from Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency. The former minister wished Jagan Mohan Reddy to area his sister Y.S. Sharmila or mom Y.S. Vijayamma.
The CBI claimed that Rs 40 crore was provided to the opposite accused to perform the murder. The investigating company additionally acknowledged in its counter that Vivekananda Reddy was not comfortable along with his brother Bhaskar Reddy and nephew Avinash Reddy as they’d sabotaged his possibilities in MLC election in 2017 in Kadapa. Avinash Reddy and his father wished Siva Sankar as MLC candidate however when Jagan Mohan Reddy fielded Vivekananda Reddy, the trio ensured he was defeated.
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