CID sleuths grill former APSFL officials in AP Fibernet ‘scam’
The Hindu
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Former member of the governing council, e-Governance Authority, Vemuri Hari Krishna Prasad and former vice-chairman and managing director of Infrastructure Corporation of AP (INCAP) K. Sambasiva Rao, appeared before CID sleuths here on Tuesday.
The Crime Investigation Department (CID) officials, who registered a case on 16 persons for the alleged irregularities in AP Fibernet on September 9 served notices to the former officials of Andhra Pradesh State Fibernet Limited (APSFL) asking them to appear before the investigation officers.
Mr. Hari Krishna Prasad, who appeared before the CID officials, said the investigation officers did not question him. He said that the allegations were false.
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