In a shocking development to the chief minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy, ahead of the elections, the CBI filed an affidavit in the Telangana High Court, seeking cancellation of anticipatory bail to Kadapa MP and YCP candidate in the present Lok Sabha elections YS Avinash Reddy. The bail was granted by the High Court earlier, in former minister YS Vivekananda Reddy’s murder case, as he is an accused in the case.
The CBI appealed to this extent during the hearing on the petition filed by Dastagiri, who became an approver in Viveka’s murder case, on Thursday, seeking cancellation of the bail. Approver Dastagiri, a key witness in the murder case, has filed a petition in the Telangana High Court, saying that his father was recently attacked by Avinash Reddy’s followers and that they had tried to influence him promising to pay Rs 20 crore, when he was in jail.
Responding to Dastagiri’s petition, the High Court directed CBI to file its counter petition and the issue of cancellation of Avinash’s bail came up for hearing on Thursday. Approver Dastagiri’s lawyer brought to the attention of the court that he was threatened by MP Avinash Reddy.
YS Avinash Reddy, who is an accused in the Viveka murder case, was granted anticipatory bail by approaching the Telangana High Court last year as the CBI tried to arrest him. At that time, the High Court granted him conditional bail.
The CBI is alleging that the conditions are being violated and the evidence is being influenced. During the hearing of the petition filed by Dastagiri, the CBI said in its affidavit that the accused in Viveka’s murder case, along with Avinash Reddy are the most influential and they are already threatening witnesses along with Dastagiri.
In this context, the CBI has requested to cancel the bail of Avinash Reddy to protect the evidence. However, the High Court questioned the CBI as to why it did not approach the Supreme Court for the cancellation of Avinash’s bail. In response to this, CBI counsel stated that as Viveka’s daughter Sunitha has filed a petition in the Supreme Court, they have expressed their opinion in it.
