- September 10, 2023
Skill development scam: Ex-Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu sent to judicial custody till September 23 | India News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: The Vijayawada ACB court on Sunday sent former Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu to judicial custody till September 23 in connection with alleged skill development scam.
Naidu is likely to be shifted to Rajahmundry central prison.
Chandrababu Naidu was arrested by Andhra Pradesh CID on Saturday in an alleged scam of Rs 371 crore in the AP Skill Development Corporation.
According to the CID investigation, the skill development corporation in 2015 signed an agreement with Siemens worth Rs 3,300 crore to train people in various skills. Of this amount, 10% was to be provided by the state government as its share. However, Siemens did not contribute its 90% and used government funds instead.
The CID also alleged that a part of the money was routed to shell companies. The CID alleged in the remand report that the end beneficiary of the scam is Telugu Desam Party, Naidu and then minister for labour and skill development K Atchennaidu.
The arrest was preceded and followed by high drama as scores of TDP workers gathered at the camping site in Nandyal, and in Vijayawada where he was brought to be produced in court. Party workers attempted to stop the convoy en route.
A team of CID officials led by DIG Kolli Raghuram Reddy, who heads the SIT, arrived at the camp site at Nandyal where Naidu had spent the night in a bus. CID deputy SP M Dhanunjayudu served a notice on Naidu under various IPC sections, including those dealing with criminal conspiracy and cheating, and under sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act for misappropriation of public funds. After three hours of high drama and arguments between police and TDP leaders at the campsite, Naidu was taken into custody.
Naidu is likely to be shifted to Rajahmundry central prison.
Chandrababu Naidu was arrested by Andhra Pradesh CID on Saturday in an alleged scam of Rs 371 crore in the AP Skill Development Corporation.
According to the CID investigation, the skill development corporation in 2015 signed an agreement with Siemens worth Rs 3,300 crore to train people in various skills. Of this amount, 10% was to be provided by the state government as its share. However, Siemens did not contribute its 90% and used government funds instead.
The CID also alleged that a part of the money was routed to shell companies. The CID alleged in the remand report that the end beneficiary of the scam is Telugu Desam Party, Naidu and then minister for labour and skill development K Atchennaidu.
The arrest was preceded and followed by high drama as scores of TDP workers gathered at the camping site in Nandyal, and in Vijayawada where he was brought to be produced in court. Party workers attempted to stop the convoy en route.
A team of CID officials led by DIG Kolli Raghuram Reddy, who heads the SIT, arrived at the camp site at Nandyal where Naidu had spent the night in a bus. CID deputy SP M Dhanunjayudu served a notice on Naidu under various IPC sections, including those dealing with criminal conspiracy and cheating, and under sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act for misappropriation of public funds. After three hours of high drama and arguments between police and TDP leaders at the campsite, Naidu was taken into custody.
