YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy, who was on Monday sent to 14-day judicial custody after being arrested in a disproportionate assets case, is likely to apply for bail on Tuesday.
A CBI court had yesterday sent him to jail rejecting his anticipatory bail plea.
Principal Judge of CBI court A Pullaiah also dismissed CBI’s application seeking custody of Jagan for further interrogation.
Jagan’s family, who sat on a dharna protesting his arrest, alleged vendetta by Sonia Gandhi, a charge the strongly refuted by the Congress.
39-year-old Jagan was arrested Sunday evening by the CBI in connection with the disproportionate assets case registered against him.
He is the fifth person to be arrested in the DA case. The others apprehended are his financial advisor Vijay Sai Reddy (the first person to be arrested and now out on bail), senior bureaucrat K V Brahmananda Reddy, noted industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad and AP’s Excise Minister Mopidevi Venkatramana Rao, who is presently under CBI custody.
CBI has charged Jagan 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.
Jagan was shifted to Chanchalguda Central Prison here amidst heavy security. He has been accorded special prisoner status category after his counsel made a plea in this regard.
–PTI