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The lawyers of Lokesh who is named as Accused no. 14 in the scam, filed the petition on his behalf on Wednesday as he is away in New Delhi.

A memo was filed in the special ACB court to add Nara Lokesh as A14 in the Inner Ring Road case. The in-charge judge received it, but did not pass any order on that, Y N Vivekananda, Special Public Prosecutor representing the CID said

Kagithala Sreedhar, Director of Krushi Co-operative Urban Bank,Secunderabad, is a suspect in the case along with chairman and managing director K Venkateshwara Rao and other directors for misappropriation of Rs 36.37 crore

Naidu was arrested on September 9, for allegedly misappropriating funds from the Skill Development Corporation, which resulted in a purported loss of over Rs 300 crore to the state exchequer.

Two more CID prisoner transit (PT) petitions in the AP FiberNet and Amaravati Inner Ring Road cases are also expected to come up for hearing in the court later today. The former CM was represented by Senior lawyer Pramod Dubey.

ACB Court in Vijayawada granted two days' police custody of the 73-year old Naidu to the CID for further interrogation

The CID is seeking former Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu’s custody for five days in the skill development scam case saying that all those involved have to be examined thoroughly

Addressing a press conference in Delhi, N Sanjay said, "This is a scam of Rs 371 crores of government money. This money was given as a nomination to a company named Siemens by the AP govt. Money was going out of government hands just on the nomination basis."

"The court heard the matters in detail and directed the matter to be posted to Tuesday, September 19 to enable us (CID lawyers) to file a counter affidavit," Special Public Prosecutor Y N Vivekananda, representing the CID, said.

Investigation has led to the conclusion, prime facie, that the then TDP government's head and highest executive of the regime, Chandrababu Naidu had orchestrated the entire scheme, he said.

The Skill Development Corporation was constituted without any Cabinet approval, according to Andhra Pradesh CID chief Sanjay.

The supporters gathered near Wipro Circle at Gachibowli carrying placard and raising slogans in support of Mr Naidu.

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.

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

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.

The CID took Kanamarla Srinu, Gutthula Sitaramayya, Nalajala Sai Ram, Bhukya Chaitanya Naik and Abdul Razzak into their custody.

A complaint letter was sent to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot by assistant agriculture directors of Mandya district.

Ravi Kumar and his wife Madhavi, who are residents of Bandlaguda, had fixed a deal to sell their land in Narsingi to Latha, a resident of Rahmath Nagar for Rs.60.5 lakh in 2019. While Rs.18.5 lakh was paid as advance, the remaining was promised to be paid in installments.

Andhra Pradesh Criminal Investigation Department has issued notices to subscribers of high-value chits in the Margadarshi Chit Funds

Margadarsi has exploited weak and innocent subscribers and has a history of accepting deposits illegally by violating Chit Fund Act, said N Sanjay, ADGP, CID