The agony of Telugu Desam Party president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu continues, as a special court for Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) cases in Vijayawada on Thursday extended his judicial remand in the alleged skill development scam case by two more weeks.
As the remand of Naidu came to an end on Thursday, the authorities of Rajahmundry central jail, where he was lodged on the night of September 10, produced him before ACB court judge Justice Hima Bindu through virtual mode.
The judge enquired about Naidu’s health condition and other matters related to the remand. She took into consideration a memorandum submitted by the Crime Investigation Department seeking extension of the judicial custody and told him that he would have to be in jail for till October 19.
This was the third time that Naidu’s remand was extended. Earlier, it ended on September 22 and it was extended by two more days. On September 24, the remand was extended again till October 5.
Meanwhile, the ACB court also heard the arguments for the second consecutive day on the petition filed by Naidu seeking bail in the skill development case and the one filed by the CID seeking his police custody for 10 days.
Senior Supreme Court advocate Pramod Kumar Dubey argued for the bail of the TDP president, while additional advocate general Ponnavolu Sudhakar Reddy arguing for the state government and the CID opposed the bail and sought the police custody of Naidu. The arguments will continue on Friday.
In the state high court, the arguments over Naidu’s petition in the high court seeking anticipatory bail in the AP Fibernet case concluded on Thursday. The high court bench reserved the judgement, after the conclusion of the arguments.