FIR against Chandrababu Naidu, former Andhra Pradesh CM

VIJAYAWADA: A case has been registered by the Crime Investigation Department (CID) of the Andhra Pradesh Police against Nara Chandrababu Naidu, former Chief Minister and TDP president, P Narayana, former municipal administration and urban development minister and other private individuals and firms. The case has been registered for alleged `illegal and corrupt activities' between 2014 to 2019 with regard to Amaravati capital.

Mangalagiri MLA Alla Ramakrishna Reddy filed a complaint in which he alleged that highly placed government officials in the government committed illegal and corrupt practices between 2014 and 2019. The illegal practices were committed concerning the design of the master plan for the AP Capital and the Capital City and alignment of the inner ring road and its connected arterial roads. He also claimed in the complaint that there was a wrongful gain to certain chosen persons and entities connected to the decision-making authorities to derive pecuniary benefits causing loss to the public and public exchequer.

The case was registered based on these complaints by the CID under various sections of IPC including 120-b (criminal conspiracy), 420 (cheating) and under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, according to a report by The New Indian Express.

In March 2022, the State government had registered a case against Naidu, Narayana and other private individuals and firms regarding the Amaravati scam. In the FIR registered then, it was alleged that Naidu, who is also the ex-officio chairperson of the AP Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA) and others have alienated assigned lands in the Amaravati capital region.