Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday granted regular bail to N Chandrababu Naidu in the skill development case. The former Chief Minister is on interim bail until November 28. Court had granted a four-week interim bail to the Telugu Desam Party president Naidu on October.
Andhra Pradesh High Court grants regular bail to former CM N Chandrababu Naidu in skill development case. Naidu is on interim bail till 28th November
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Naidu had been lodged in Rajahmundry central prison since September 10agter being arrested in the multi-crore skill development corporation scam by the Crime Investigation Department (CID).
Speaking to ANI, Advocate Sunkara Krishnamurthy of the Andhra Pradesh High Court said, "Chandrababu Naidu was on interim bail up to November 28. The high court of Andhra Pradesh has granted regular bail in the case."
TDP legal team advocate Siddarth Luthra made arguments on behalf of Chandrababu Naidu. TDP cadres and sympathizers expressed happiness over the court's decision.
Naidu was under 53 days of judicial custody and the interim bail was granted for four weeks.
Besides, the skill development case, Naidu has been named as an accused in two other graft cases-- the Fibernet scam case, and the Inner Ring Road scam case.
The FiberNet case relates to alleged tender manipulation in allotting a work order under Phase-1 of the Andhra Pradesh FiberNet Project involving Rs. 330 crore to a favoured company.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Andhra Pradesh police has alleged irregularities in the project right from awarding the tender to completion of the work, causing a huge loss to the state exchequer.
(With input from agencies)