Vijayawada Court Rejects Chandrababu Naidu's Plea For House Arrest
A local court in Vijayawada on Tuesday rejected the house a custody plea for the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and Telugu Desam Chief N Chandrababu Naidu over alleged Skill Development Scam.

The legal team of former Chief Minister of Andhra appealed to the court for his house custody by raising concerns over security issue in the jail.
Naidu's lawyer Sidharth Luthra requested the court for Naidu's house custody by saying that the Chief Minister is Z-plus category protectee. He further asserted that the TDP Chief has been facing threats in the jail.
However, the court rejected all the pleas as it found all the concerns raised by the legal team of Naidu is baseless. "No laxity in security cover, " the court said.
Earlier, the former chief minister has been remanded to 14 days of judicial custody after the Andhra Pradesh Police Crime Investigation Department (CID) filed a petition in the court seeking 15 days of custody allegedly over multi-crore scam.
Besides, 19 other MLAs of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) have also been put to house arrest by the Andhra Pradesh police. They are not even allowed to meet any of their party colleagues to prevent law and order situation in the state.
Police also detented some key TDP leaders in view of the shutdown called by the party on Monday, which proved effective as a minimal impact of the bandh was seen in most parts of the state.
Currently, Naidu is in judicial custody for 14 days as directed by a local court in Vijayawada on Sunday. Presently, the former chief minister is convicted in the Rajamahendravaram Central Prison in East Godavari district.












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