Another warrant issues against TDP chief Naidu

Even as Andhra Pradesh high court on Tuesday reserved its judgment on a petition filed by Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu, who sought quashing of a case filed against him in the multi-crore skill development scam, the state police issued yet another warrant to prosecute him in the AP Fibernet scam, people familiar with the matter said.

Simultaneously, the special court for the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in Vijayawada deferred the bail petition of Naidu in the case to September 21. It also deferred to the same date another petition of Naidu seeking anticipatory bail in the Amaravati inner ring road case and a petition of the Crime Investigation Department (CID) asking for police custody of Naidu.

In the high court, a bench headed by justice K Sreenivas Reddy heard the arguments of Naidu’s counsels and that of the government for over five hours on the petition seeking to quash the case against the TDP chief, who also asked for cancellation of his judicial remand.