The court gave these directions while hearing Avinash Reddy’s petition requesting it to instruct the CBI not to initiate actions against him.
Avinash claimed that a media trial would influence the ongoing investigation and urged the media to behave responsibly. (YS Avinash Reddy/Twitter)
The Telangana High Court on Monday, 13 March, directed the CBI not to take any action against the YS Avinash Reddy in connection with the murder of former MP YS Vivekananda Reddy till it delivers an order in response to a petition filed by the YSRCP MP.
The court gave these directions while hearing Avinash Reddy’s petition requesting it to instruct the CBI, which is probing the murder case, not to initiate any action against him. While asking the CBI not to take action against him, the court reserved the judgement with respect to Avinash Reddy’s petition.
The central probe agency brought to the notice of the court the role of Avinash Reddy in the case.
The investigating agency said that Avinash Reddy played a role in tampering with the evidence. The CBI said the questioning of Avinash Reddy was video-graphed with an audio facility.
The CBI submitted 10 documents, statements of 35 witnesses, and a few photographs pertaining to the questioning of Avinash Reddy to the court in a sealed cover.
The issue related to the questioning of Avinash Reddy’s father YS Bhaskar Reddy came up at the court, which asked the CBI why he was summoned to Kadapa when the investigation was taken up in Hyderabad.
In response, the CBI clarified that it did not summon Bhaskar Reddy to Kadapa. The court has also expressed anger over Avinash Reddy for interacting with media persons outside the CBI office in Koti after attending the questioning a few days ago.
On 10 March, Avinash Reddy said that his uncle Vivekananda Reddy, popularly known as Viveka, was murdered because of property disputes.
The latter also married a woman belonging to a particular community and accordingly changed his name.
He said this after appearing before the CBI at its office in Koti for the third time in connection with the murder of Vivekananda Reddy in March 2019 in the Kadapa district.
Speaking to media outside the CBI office, he said Vivekananda Reddy married another woman in 2011 and that they were also blessed with a baby boy.
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