In a major setback to the Central Bureau of Investigation, the CBI Special Court at Nampally on Monday dismissed its petition seeking permission to conduct Narco test on both YSR Congress president and Kadapa MP Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and his financial auditor Vijay Sai Reddy in connection with the disproportionate assets case.
The special court while rejecting the CBI petition observed that there was no need to conduct Narco test on Jagan Mohan Reddy and Vijay Sai Reddy. Earlier, the CBI counsel charged that Jagan and Vijay Sai Reddy were not cooperating and reluctant to reveal anything despite persistent questioning about illegal assets.
However, Jagan’s counsel Ashok Reddy objected to the CBI’s plea arguing that filing such a petition was strange in view of Supreme Court’s ruling that such tests were illegal and violation of legal rights of their clients. Concurring with views of Jagan’s counsel, the special court dismissed the CBI petition to conduct Narco test.
–Agencies