CBI arrests Jagan
28 May 2012 1:39 AM GMT
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested the YSR Congress leader Y S Jaganmohan Reddy Sunday evening in a disproportionate assets case. The party leader J Prabhakar Rao broke the news to reporters outside the CBI camp office in the city.
The member of Parliament and son of the former chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, Jagan was arrested after the CBI grilled him on the third consecutive day on Sunday. Anticipating violent protests by his supporters, the police went on high alert across the state. It stepped up security at the guest house where the CBI had set up base, Jagan's residence and the YSR Congress office and at other important places in the state capital.
Security was also tightened in other districts. Policemen were out on the streets, while leaders and activists of the YSR Congress were also arrested at some places. The state road transport corporation stopped plying its buses in some districts as a precautionary measure.
Rao appealed to YSR Congress cadre to remain peaceful.
Jagan, as the Kadapa MP is popularly known, did not come out of the Dilkusha Guest House till 7 pm, triggering speculation that the investigating agency had taken him into custody. The arrest was confirmed when Jagan's mother Vijayamma and other family members drove to the guest house to meet him. At this juncture, Rao came out of the guest house to confirm the arrest.
Jagan, one of the richest MPs in the country with declared assets of Rs 356 crore, was arrested a day before he was scheduled to appear in the CBI court with regard to first of the three chargesheets filed so far by the investigating agency.
The young leader and 71 others were booked by the CBI in August last year, after the Andhra Pradesh high court ordered a CBI probe, acting on the petitions filed by the Congress leader P Shankar Rao and some Telugu Desam Party leaders.
Jagan is accused of amassing huge wealth after his father became the chief minister in 2004. The CBI believes that Jagan conspired with his father to dole out favours to certain companies in return for the investments they made in his firms.
The member of Parliament and son of the former chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, Jagan was arrested after the CBI grilled him on the third consecutive day on Sunday. Anticipating violent protests by his supporters, the police went on high alert across the state. It stepped up security at the guest house where the CBI had set up base, Jagan's residence and the YSR Congress office and at other important places in the state capital.
Security was also tightened in other districts. Policemen were out on the streets, while leaders and activists of the YSR Congress were also arrested at some places. The state road transport corporation stopped plying its buses in some districts as a precautionary measure.
Rao appealed to YSR Congress cadre to remain peaceful.
Jagan, as the Kadapa MP is popularly known, did not come out of the Dilkusha Guest House till 7 pm, triggering speculation that the investigating agency had taken him into custody. The arrest was confirmed when Jagan's mother Vijayamma and other family members drove to the guest house to meet him. At this juncture, Rao came out of the guest house to confirm the arrest.
Jagan, one of the richest MPs in the country with declared assets of Rs 356 crore, was arrested a day before he was scheduled to appear in the CBI court with regard to first of the three chargesheets filed so far by the investigating agency.
The young leader and 71 others were booked by the CBI in August last year, after the Andhra Pradesh high court ordered a CBI probe, acting on the petitions filed by the Congress leader P Shankar Rao and some Telugu Desam Party leaders.
Jagan is accused of amassing huge wealth after his father became the chief minister in 2004. The CBI believes that Jagan conspired with his father to dole out favours to certain companies in return for the investments they made in his firms.
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