Politics
YSR Congress has called for state bandh protesting against the arrest
Central Investigation Bureau (CBI) arrested YSR Congress chief, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in a disproportionate assets case charging him under Sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 420 (cheating), 409 (criminal breach of trust) and 477A (falsification of accounts) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
CBI, probing the case following the directives of the Andhra Pradesh high court last August, has accused Reddy of amassing huge assets through illegal means by allegedly using his father, the late YS Rajasekhara Reddy's office, when he was the Chief Minister. Jagan Reddy had rebelled against Congress and floated his own political outfit YSR Congress, riding on the legacy of his father.
Protesting against the arrest of their leader, YSR Congress has called for state bandh on Monday. Fearing violence by Jagan Reddy's supporters, prohibitory orders were enforced by police in all major towns and cities of Andhra Pradesh on Sunday, 27 May 2012 night. Security personnel staged flag marches in several towns and state road transport bus services were curtailed.
CBI has accused 18 persons and corporates in three charge sheets filed so far and YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is the first accused in the case. A CBI court had earlier posted the hearing of his anticipatory bail plea for Monday. Reddy had sought anticipatory bail till by polls to 18 assembly constituencies and one Lok Sabha seat were over. The by-elections are scheduled for 12 June 2012. With his arrest, Jagan Reddy's plea before the CBI court would be for regular bail.
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