TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu approached the Supreme Court against the Andhra Pradesh High Court order reserving anticipatory bail granted in Fibernet scam case. The Supreme Court also listed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister's petition seeking to quash FIR in the Skill Development Scam case for hearing at 2 PM on Friday. The matter has been posted before a bench comprising Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela Trivedi, according to IANS.
Naidu has been charged with having a "key role" in the Andhra Pradesh FiberNet scandal. He has been charged with putting pressure on officials to support a specific business that received the FiberNet contract.
On Monday, the High Court dismissed three anticipatory bail petitions filed by the former Andhra chief minister.
On Thursday, Andhra Pradesh CID issued a prisoner transit warrant against Chandrababu Naidu in the AP FiberNet case. The special ACB court directed CID to produce Naidu before it on October 16 but it noted that an order from the Supreme Court in the interregnum will be binding on it.
The FiberNet case relates to alleged tender manipulation in awarding a work order of Rs. 330 crore to a favored company under Phase-1 of the AP FiberNet Project.
The Crime Investigation Department alleged that irregularities occurred from tender allotment to project completion, resulting in a significant loss to the state treasury.
On Wednesday, Andhra Pradesh High Court granted anticipatory bail to former CM and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu in the Amaravati Inner Ring Road case. The court heard the argument on the anticipatory bail petition filed by him and granted temporary bail. The court also issued an interim order not to arrest till October 16 in the case.
Meanwhile, TDP's Nara Lokesh also appeared before CID for questioning in Amaravati inner ring road case