PNS|Vijayawada
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will once again question Kadapa MP YS Avinash Reddy on Friday as the four-year-old sensational case relating to former Andhra Pradesh minister YS Vivekananda Reddy’s murder is set to enter a crucial phase.
Avinash Reddy, a cousin of Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, will appear before the CBI officials in Hyderabad for the second time before the central agency. Avinash Reddy’s father YS Bhaskar Reddy was also summoned by the CBI to appear on Thursday but he has sought more time.
Avinash Reddy will be making an appearance two days after the CBI made startling revelations in the case. While opposing the bail petition of one of the accused Sunil Yadav, the CBI stated in its counter filed in Telangana High Court on Wednesday 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.
The CBI submitted to the court that the trio used other accused Yerra Gangi Reddy, Sunil Yadav, Dastagiri, and others who worked for Vivekananda Reddy to execute the murder plot. Avinash Reddy and Bhaskar Reddy had a grouse against Vivekananda Reddy as the latter was opposed to YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) fielding Avinash as the party candidate from the Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency.
The former minister wanted Jagan Mohan Reddy’s sister YS Sharmila or mother YS Vijayamma to be fielded. 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 the MLC candidate but when Jagan Mohan Reddy fielded Vivekananda, the trio ensured he was defeated.
