Kadapa MP Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Saturday appeared
before the CBI for the second round of questioning in connection with
the alleged disproportionate assets case.
Mr. Jagan,
who was grilled for more than eight hours on Friday, was questioned
about the alleged irregularities with regard to VANPIC project,
according to CBI sources.
He was questioned in the
presence of other accused Nimmagadda Prasad, an industrialist, and
Brahamananda Reddy, former Special Secretary Infrastructure Department
Andhra Pradesh.
Terming the quizzing as “peaceful”,
the Kadapa MP said that “clarifications have been sought and have been
given. I will be facing them (CBI) again. I will be giving them further
clarifications.”
The CBI had already arrested state
Excise Minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana Rao, who held infrastructure
portfolio during Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s regime.
CBI
alleged that the government orders issued by Mr. Mopidevi and Mr.
Brahamananda Reddy with regard to VANPIC project were not according to
Cabinet decisions.
This is for the first time since
the CBI lodged an FIR against him in August last, and subsequently filed
three charge sheets against him, that Mr. Jagan was quizzed by the
agency.
The CBI alleges that Mr. Jagan “influenced”
his father and late Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy
into doling out favours to select investors as a quid-pro-quo for
investing into his businesses.
The probe agency had
earlier said it wanted to question Mr. Jagan on the Vadarevu and
Nizampatnam Ports and Industrial Corridor (VANPIC) deal in the presence
of Nimmagadda Prasad and Brahamananda Reddy who are already under
arrest.
Prasad is the promoter in the VANPIC deal and
allegedly invested Rs 850 crore in the business of Jagan for land
allotment made to the VANPIC project by the then YSR regime.
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