CID seeks PT warrant for Chandrababu Naidu in Inner Ring Road case

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh Crime Investigation Department (CID) sought a Prisoner in Transit (PT) warrant for former Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu who is currently jailed in Rajamahendravaram Central Prison. The CID filed a petition before the ACB court to issue the warrant to Chandrababu Naidu in connection with the Amaravati Inner Ring Road (IRR) case which was registered in 2022.

The CID booked the case based on the complaint made by Mangalagiri YSRCP MLA Alla Ramakrishna Reddy. The CID in its preliminary investigation concluded that the then Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu and Municipal and Urban Development Minister P Narayana willfully changed the alignment of the inner ring road in a manner to benefit Lingamaneni Ramesh and his companies. Chandrababu Naidu who was also the ex-officio chairman of the APCRDA allegedly benefitted certain people in the alienation of 500 acres of assigned lands and changing alignment of the IRR.

The CID in its case mentioned the following as accused in the IRR case:N Chandrababu Naidu, P Narayana, Lingamaneni Ramesh, Lingamaneni Venkata Surya Raja Sekhar, KPV Anjani Kumar alias Bobby, Director of Ramakrishna Housing Private Limited, Heritage Foods Ltd, LEPL Projects Limited, LEPL Infocity Private Limited, LEPL Smart City Private Limited, Lingamaneni Agriculture Developers Private Limited, Lingamaneni Agro Developers Private Limited, Jayani Estates Pvt Ltd, Ramakrishna Housing Private Limited, Government officials, private persons and others.

The CID registered the case under Sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 420 (cheating), 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention), 35 (Act being done with a criminal knowledge or intention), 36 (an effect caused partly by act and partly by omission), 37 (cooperation by doing one of several acts constituting an offense) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.