Andhra Pradesh High Court dismisses plea for probe against mantris

By S A Ishaqui

Hyderabad, Dec 29 : Justice N.R.L. Nageswara Rao of the AP High Court on Thursday upheld an order of the CBI Court in dismissing a plea seeking a direction to the CBI to probe the role of six ministers and eight senior IAS officers in connection with the assets case against the Kadapa MP, Mr Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.
Mr P. Sudhakar Reddy, an advocate from Nellore, filed a private petition in the CBI court of the city urging it to direct the CBI to probe six ministers and eight senior IAS officers, who worked under Jagan Mohan Reddy’s father Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy when he was the chief minister of the state. The CBI court has dismissed his plea and he moved the High Court.

Justice Nageswara Rao ruled that the complaint of the petitioner was not being supported with any evidence and the investigation of the CBI is already on and therefore, there cannot be any parallel inquiry to be taken up by the CBI court. The judge said if there are any deficiencies in the CBI investigation, the petitioner can approach the division bench that ordered the probe against Jagan Mohan Reddy.