CBI issues fresh notice to Kadapa MP

Hyderabad: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday issued a fresh notice to Kadapa MP Y S Avinash Reddy, asking him to appear before it on May 19 in connection with the former Andhra Pradesh minister Y S Vivekananda Reddy’s murder case.

The MP, who is cousin of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, has been directed by the central agency to appear at its regional office in Hyderabad at 11 am on May 19. The CBI issued the fresh notice after the YSR Congress Party MP did not appear in response to the notice sent on Monday and sought four days’ time to appear before the central agency. Stating that he has pre-scheduled engagements in his parliamentary constituency, he had conveyed to the CBI that he was unable to appear at the short notice.

He received the fresh notice when he was on the way to his hometown. The Kadapa MP, who was already questioned four times by the CBI, had last month approached the Telangana High Court for anticipatory bail. The High Court on April 28 adjourned the hearing to June 5.