Kadapa MP moves TS HC for anticipatory bail

Hyderabad: Kadapa MP Y S Avinash Reddy on Monday approached the Telangana High Court for anticipatory bail in Y S Vivekananda Reddy murder case. Hours before he was to appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Hyderabad, the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) MP filed a petition in the High Court, seeking anticipatory bail.

Avinash Reddy has pleaded for urgent hearing of the petition as he is to appear before the CBI officials at 3 pm. The court has agreed to take it for hearing after lunch. The MP fears arrest in the case as his father Y S Bhaskar Reddy was arrested in the case on Sunday. In its petition seeking custody of Bhaskar Reddy, the CBI has named Avinash Reddy as co-accused.

Bhaskar Reddy, who was arrested in Pulivendula on Sunday, was brought to Hyderabad and produced before a magistrate, who remanded him to judicial custody for 14 days. The CBI has also filed a petition seeking his custody for further questioning.

The agency has alleged that Bhaskar Reddy along with co-accused D Siva Shankar Reddy, Gangi Reddy, G Uday Kumar Reddy and Avinash Reddy played key roles in causing disappearance of evidence from the scene of murder. For the first time, the CBI has named Avinash Reddy as accused in the case.

Avinash Reddy, cousin of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, has been questioned by the CBI four times during the last couple of months. However, his statement was recorded as a witness.