Facilities for Raju

By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad, March 12 :

Justice K.C. Bhanu of the AP High Court on Thursday asked counsel for the CBI to get instructions from its authorities whether there was any provision to extend the facilities to the ex-boss of Satyam Computers B. Ramalinga Raju compared to those of others in the lock-up at the City Central Crime Station.
The judge was dealing with a petition filed by Mr Raju against the orders of the lower court remanding him to CBI custody.
Senior counsel of Mr Raju, Mr C. Padmanabha Reddy, complained to the court that the CBI authorities put their clients in a lock-up where there was no toilet and rats and bandicoots freely roamed about.
However, in another case, CBI counsel submitted a road map on the investigation of the Satyam fraud to Justice N.V. Ramana.
Counsel told the court that it was highly confidential and asked to have a glance.
After persuing it the judge returned to the counsel. The judge was dealing with a petition filed by Investors Hub of Thrissur, Kerala, seeking a direction that to monitor the probe by the court. Elsewhere, the CBI sources said they requested the city police to provide lock-up facility to keep the accused after interrogation.
“It is the city police who suggested keeping them in the CCS lock-up,” CBI sources said. However sources said the CBI will take a decision after the high court’s decision on Friday.