In relation to the skill development case, the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday granted temporary bail to N Chandrababu Naidu, the chief of the Telugu Desam Party and the former state chief minister, for a period of four weeks. Advocate Sunkara Krishnamurthy of the High Court has stated that the TDP chief has been granted interim bail with conditions through November 24.
For health reasons, Chandrababu Naidu was granted bail. On November 24, he is expected to turn himself in. On November 10, the court will hear arguments regarding the primary bail petition. The TDP leader has been told not to take part in any other activities save for his hospital checkups. Naidu was also given an order by the High Court to refrain from engaging in political and media activities.
The former Andhra Pradesh chief minister was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on September 9 in connection with the Rs multi-crore skill development scam case, leading to apolitical turmoil in the state with several TDP leaders alleging that the arrest was nothing but a political “witch-hunt” and that Naidu was held on the basis of false allegations.
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.
Meanwhile on Monday, the Andhra Pradesh Crime Investigation Department (CID) registered another case against Chandrababu Naidu in connection with allegations of illegal licensing of liquor companies in the previous government.