Skill development case: Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday granted regular bail to former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu in a skill development case. Naidu is on interim bail until November 28.
He was arrested on September 9, this yr.
Four-week interim bail to Naidu
Earlier in October, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief was granted a four-week interim bail on well being grounds. His advocates knowledgeable the court docket that Naidu wanted the bail to endure cataract surgical procedure.
“With a humanitarian perspective in mind and considering the petitioner’s health condition, this Court is inclined to grant temporary bail on health grounds to the petitioner/A. 37, enabling him to undergo the required surgery on his right eye,” the court docket mentioned in the order.
In the set of situations, it directed Naidu to furnish a bail bond for Rs. 1,00,000 with two sureties of the like quantity to the satisfaction of the Trial Court.
The TDP chief was additionally ordered to supply particulars of the therapy given to him and the hospital the place he underwent therapy, in a sealed cowl, to the Superintendent the Central Prison, on the time of his give up.
Naidu’s arrest in Skill Development Corporation rip-off case
The Andhra Pradesh Police, on October 13, advised the Supreme Court that it’s going to not arrest the TDP chief in the FiberNet case until October 18 as his petition associated to the Skill Development Corporation rip-off is pending in the court docket.
The FiberNet case pertains to alleged tender manipulation in allotting a piece order below Phase-1 of the AP FiberNet Project involving Rs 330 crore to a favoured firm.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Andhra Pradesh Police has alleged irregularities in the venture proper from awarding the tender to completion of the work, inflicting an enormous loss to the state exchequer.
Naidu was arrested on September 9 for allegedly misappropriating funds from the Skill Development Corporation when he was the chief minister in 2015.
