Special Room, Home-Cooked Food, Medication For Chandrababu Naidu In Jail

Former Andhra Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has been placed at Cell No. 7691 on the second floor of the Sneha Block in the Rajamahendravaram Central Prison, Rajamahendravaram, East Godavari.

Ironically, he had inaugurated the block when he was the Chief Minister of the state during 2014-19.

The government have beefed up security around the prison. An additional contingent of 300 police officers has been dispatched to the vicinity of Central Jail, while 36 police pickets have been established within Rajamahendravaram City, according to a report in Deccan Chronicle. Notably, access to the central jail compound was granted solely to Chandrababu Naidu's vehicle, with all other vehicles, including Nara Lokesh's car, being halted at the entrance.

Home-Cooked Food

Home-cooked food, medication, and a special room were among the amenities granted by a court to TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu for his fortnight-long stay in jail.

An ACB Court in Andhra Pradesh's Amravati directed the superintendent of Rajamahendravaram Central Prison to accommodate 73-year-old Naidu separately in view of the purported threat to his life. The former CM is a Z-plus category security protectee.

"The superintendent of central prison is directed to provide all the special amenities including food (cooked at home), medication, special room in central prison to petitioner/A37 (Naidu)," PTI quoted the Judge order in a report.

As per the detention order, the Judge emphasized the presence of credible reasons to substantiate the allegations against Naidu and stated that a 24-hour period was insufficient to conclude the investigation. "This is an authorisation to you (superintendent), to detain ... Naidu in custody, and to cause him to be produced before the Court on the 22nd day of September, 2023 at 10.30 am," the Judge ordered.

Amid tight security and inclement weather, the former Andhra Pradesh CM was sent to Rajamahendravaram from Vijayawada, a distance of about 200 km, in a convoy on the road.

On Sunday night, the ACB Court in Vijayawada remanded Naidu to 14 days of judicial custody for his alleged role in the multi-crore Skill Development Corporation scam.

Naidu was arrested in a pre-dawn operation on Saturday at Nandyala, which involved officers knocking on the door of the caravan in which he was sleeping.

The former CM was arrested by the CID around 6 am on Saturday from a marriage hall (outside which his caravan was parked) at Gnanapuram in Nandyala.