CBI team stays put in Kurnool as Anivash Reddy seeks five more days to appear before it
The Hindu
Arrest of Kapada Member of Parliament Y.S. Avinash Reddy, who has stayed put in Vishwabharathi Super Speciality Hospital here, looms large with the Central Reserve Police Forces likely to reach Kurnool either by Monday midnight or in the early hours of Tuesday
Arrest of Kapada Member of Parliament Y.S. Avinash Reddy, who has stayed put in Vishwabharathi Super Speciality Hospital here, looms large with the Central Reserve Police Forces likely to reach Kurnool either by Monday midnight or in the early hours of Tuesday.
A large number of State police personnel are being rushed to the area to take control of the situation at night.
Mr. Avinash Reddy, who was supposed to appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation at Hyderabad at 11 a.m. on Monday, sought another five days time, till May 25, in view of the ongoing cardiac treatment of his mother at the hospital here for the past three days.
A seven-member CBI team from Hyderabad and Kadapa reached Kurnool in the early hours of Monday (at 4.30 a.m.) but could not contact Mr. Avinash Reddy in the hospital as the entire area was under the control of his supporters from Kadapa.
The CBI team has been in touch with the Kurnool Superintendent of Police G. Krishnakanth seeking creation of a conducive atmosphere for them to meet Mr. Avinash in the hospital. The team had not reached the hospital till 9 p.m. on Monday, but were in touch with their higher-ups in New Delhi throughout the day on the happenings here.
The CBI has been asked by the Supreme Court to complete the investigation in the former Minister Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy’s murder case by June 30.
The entire area in the Gayathri Estate, where the hospital is located, is out of bounds for common public as it has been barricaded by the police and the hospital is under the control of Mr. Avinash Reddy’s followers, who blocked all the entry points and not allowing people not known to them.
The Opposition Congress demanded that the government open the Gandhi Vatika Museum, depicting Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy and freedom struggle, built at a cost of ₹85 crore in Jaipur’s Central Park last year, during the Congress-led regime in Rajasthan. The museum has not been opened to the public, reportedly because of the administration’s engagements with the State Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.