Andhra Pradesh

The day-long shutdown called by opposition Telugu Desam Party to protest arrest of Chandrababu Naidu in an alleged skill development scam began in the state on Monday morning

N Chandrababu Naidu reached Rajamundry central jail in the early hours of Monday after being remanded to judicial custody in a corruption case

Naidu was arrested in a pre-dawn operation on Saturday at Nandyal for his alleged role in a multi-crore Skill Development Corporation scam.

Chandrababu Naidu filed two separate petitions in ACB court --one seeking permission to detained at his residence and the second, to allow home food and medicines

ACB court in Vijayawada remanded Chandrababu Naidu in judicial custody for 14 days in an alleged multi-crore corruption scam on Sunday.

Section 144, which forbids gatherings of four or more persons, will be in force in all mandals (blocks). The orders were apparently imposed to prevent any protest by the opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP).

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ACB court in Vijayawada sent former CM and supremo Chandrababu Naidu to judicial remand till September 22 in Skill Development Scam case.

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The arguments which began around 6 a.m. were continuing for more than six hours. While the prosecution sought 15-day judicial custody of Naidu, the TDP leader's counsel opposed the same.

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The CID report further said after reaching the office of the CID, Naidu was questioned about his role in the offences in the presence of mediators

According to the remand report submitted to the court, the CID said Naidu was non-cooperative during interrogation and replied vaguely saying that he did not remember certain issues

Andhra Pradesh Crime Investigation Department produced former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu before the ACB Court here on Sunday morning

The AP police blocked Kalyan near Jaggayyapeta, after he managed to cross the Telangana-AP border via road, said the party leader, adding that Kalyan was blocked a second time at Anumanchipalli.

Naidu was arrested in connection with the alleged fraud after a pre-dawn police operation which involved officers knocking on the door of the caravan in which he was sleeping.

During his transit, TDP supporters thronged the roadways at several places to raise slogans and also tried to block the passage of the convoy. However, they were cleared by the police.

Andhra Pradesh police made it clear that none except the family members of Chandrababu -- his wife Bhuvaneswari and son Nara Lokesh, would be allowed to meet him

The former chief minister was arrested by the CID around 6 am from R K Function Hall at Gnanapuram in Nandyala town, an official said

Manoj Jha slammed the Jagan Mohan Reddy government in Andhra Pradesh over the arrest of TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu and said it is a new trend in Indian politics to go to extremes

Pawan Kalyan said the manner in which Chandrababu was arrested show that the trend of arresting the opposition leaders without showing prima facie evidence was continuing in the state

Reacting to allegations by Naidu that he was arrested on political grounds, YSRCP general secretary Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy told media persons that Naidu knew well about this which was why he talked about the imminent arrest for the past couple of days

The national president of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) asserts his innocence, stating that he hasn't committed any wrongdoing. He further claims that the CID officials apprehended him without presenting any clear evidence.

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