Mumbai, July 20: Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil today said that a decision on sending arrested TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu back to Andhra Pradesh would be taken in a day.
“A decision on sending him (Naidu) back to Andhra Pradesh will be taken in a day”s time, since it is a legal matter,” Patil told the Legislative Assembly here. Patil said despite Naidu and his colleagues being “looked after well”, there were still reports in Andhra Pradesh on how he was being “ill-treated”.
The former Andhra Pradesh chief minister was shifted to a prison in Aurangabad this morning from Dharmabad ITI, where he was lodged after he refused bail since his arrest on July 16. The Home Minister said that Naidu, who demanded that he be allowed to inspect the Babhli barrage construction site, was arrested for violating section 144 of the CrPC. Naidu”s judicial remand was extended till July 26 yesterday after he insisted on visiting the site and refused to accept bail.
Patil”s statement came when Leader of opposition Eknath Khadse demanded that the government spell out its stand on the Babhli controversy. He said Naidu has caused problems for the State and should�be sent back immediately.
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