Vivekananda Reddy Murder Case: CBI Serves Fresh Notice To Kadapa MP

On Sunday, CBI officials delivered a fresh notice to Avinash Reddy's Pulivendula home in the Kadapa district, asking him to appear before the agency on March 10 in Hyderabad.

YSR Congress Party MP Y.S. Avinash Reddy

Source : ABP Desam

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has served a fresh notice to YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) MP YS Avinash Reddy from Kadapa, directing him to appear before it on March 10 for questioning in former Andhra Pradesh minister YS Vivekananda Reddy's murder case. Avinash Reddy was earlier summoned to appear before CBI officials on Monday, but he informed the central agency that he would not be able to appear on the day as he had some prior commitments.

Avinash Reddy, the cousin of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, has previously appeared before CBI officials in Hyderabad on January 28 and February 24 for questioning in the Vivekananda Reddy murder case.

Meanwhile, MP Avinash Reddy said he would appear before the CBI on March 10, while his father, YS Bhaskar Reddy, would appear on March 12.

Earlier, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) summoned Kadapa MP YS Avinash Reddy’s father, YS Bhaskara Reddy, to appear before it at Kadapa Central Prison on March 12.

Vivekananda Reddy, who was found murdered at his house in Kadapa district in 2019, was the paternal uncle of Jaganmohan Reddy and Avinash Reddy.

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According to an IANS report, the CBI stated that Avinash Reddy, his father YS Bhaskar Reddy, and their follower D Siva Sankar Reddy, had hatched a criminal conspiracy to kill Vivekananda Reddy over conflicting political ambitions.
 
According to the CBI, the trio used other accused Yerra Gangi Reddy, Sunil Yadav, Dastagiri, and others who worked for Vivekananda Reddy to carry out the murder plot.

Avinash Reddy and Bhaskar Reddy had a grudge against Vivekananda Reddy, as the latter was opposed to the YSRCP fielding Avinash as the party candidate from the Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency. The former minister wanted Jagan Mohan Reddy to field his sister Y.S. Sharmila or mother Y.S. Vijayamma.
 
The CBI claimed that Rs 40 crore was offered to the other accused to carry out the murder. The investigating agency also stated in its counter that Vivekananda Reddy was not happy with his brother Bhaskar Reddy and nephew Avinash Reddy as they had sabotaged his chances in the MLC election in 2017 in Kadapa. Avinash and his father wanted Siva Sankar as an MLC candidate, but when Jagan Mohan Reddy fielded Vivekananda, the trio ensured he was defeated.
 
Vivekananda Reddy was the younger brother of former Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy, father of Jagan Mohan Reddy. He was found murdered mysteriously at his residence at Pulivendula in Kadapa district on March 15, 2019, a month ahead of the 2019 general elections.