Second charge sheet against Jagan in DA case

The Central Bureau of Investigation Monday filed a second charge sheet in the disproportionate assets case against Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy even as another accused in the case Vijay Sai Reddy surrendered before a special court in Hyderabad.

The agency also filed a supplementary charge sheet in the case pertaining to alleged irregularities in the APIIC-Emaar Properties deal naming G V Vijay Raghav, a top executive of Emaar, a real estate developer, and Sunil Reddy, said to be a close aide of Jagan, as accused.

The first charge sheet against Jagan was filed on March 31 in a special CBI court. In the second one, Jagan, Vijay Sai and Jagati Publications Pvt Ltd, owned by the YSR Congress leader, were charged under relevant sections of IPC.

In the first charge sheet, Jagan and 12 others, including Vijay Sai, were accused of criminal conspiracy, cheating, falsification of documents, forgery and abuse of official position under relevant sections of IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act.

Vijay Sai surrendered before the court at 4.30 pm on the directions of the Andhra Pradesh high court, which had cancelled his bail on April 20. The HC had said his bail plea can be considered by the trial court in accordance with law.

After hearing arguments from both defence and CBI, the special court sent Sai to judicial custody till May 7 and posted for tomorrow hearing on his bail plea.

Sai, a financial advisor of Jagan's companies and family auditor of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister, the late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, was the first person to be arrested in the case in January. The special court had granted him bail on April 13.

The probe agency has alleged that Jagan, along with his father and Sai, hatched a conspiracy to defraud the government along with other accused, including suspended IAS officer B P Acharya.