After TDP chief and father Chandrababu Naidu, trouble mounted for his son and party general secretary Nara Lokesh. The Andhra Pradesh High Court dismissed the anticipatory bail petition of Nara Lokesh who has been marked as accused 14 in the alleged Amaravati Inner Ring Road (IRR) alignment case.
Two days ago, Nara Lokesh approached Andhra Pradesh HC seeking anticipatory bail in the case. Lokesh's lawyer moved the petition on TDP leader's behalf since he was in Delhi.
According to ANI, "Andhra Pradesh High Court dismisses TDP leader Nara Lokesh's anticipatory bail petition and instructs Police to serve 41A notice to him, in alleged Inner Ring Road scam."
Earlier, sources said investigators are to issue Section 41-A CrPC to the opposition MLC asking him to appear for questioning.
Amaravati Inner Ring Road Case
The action against Nara Lokesh was initiated based on a complaint with CID by Mangalagiri MLA Alla Ramakrishna Reddy in April 2022. The complaint said that Chandrababu Naidu and former Minister P Narayana misused their official positions for corrupt motives to finalise the designs of Inner Ring Road and Amaravati Zonal Development Plans, reported The Hindu.
It was alleged that certain illegal and corrupt activities were committed by highly placed government officials between 2014 and 2019 with regard to the design of master plan for the Andhra Pradesh capital and alignment of the ring road to cause wrongful gain to certain individuals. The ruling party had accused Naidu of large scale irregularities in land acquisition and other aspects in development of the state capital Amaravati.