He surrendered before the CBI after the Telangana High Court recently dismissed the bail granted to him and asked him to surrender by 5 May.
YS Vivekananda Reddy. was found dead in the bathroom of his house in Kadapa on 15 March 2019. (Supplied)
Yerra Gangi Reddy, the prime accused in the case pertaining to the murder of former MP YS Vivekananda Reddy, surrendered before the CBI at its office in Koti in Hyderabad on Friday, 5 May.
The investigating agency then produced him before the Special Court for CBI cases after which the court remanded him to judicial custody till 2 June.
He was later lodged in Chanchalguda prison where YSRCP MP YS Avinash Reddy’s father YS Bhaskar Reddy and their aide G Uday Kumar Reddy are in judicial remand.
Gangi Reddy, Bhaskar Reddy and Uday Kumar Reddy were arrested by the CBI in connection with Vivekananda Reddy’s murder case.
Vivekananda Reddy, popularly known as Viveka, was found murdered in his home in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh on the intervening night of 14 and 15, 2019.
He was the paternal uncle of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and was also related to both Avinash Reddy and his father Bhaskar Reddy.
Gangi Reddy surrendered before the CBI after the Telangana High Court recently dismissed the bail granted to him and asked him to surrender by 5 May.
The court asked the CBI, which is probing the case, to detain Gangi Reddy if he failed to surrender.
Since the premier investigating agency has time to complete the probe till 30 June, Gangi Reddy must be in judicial remand till that time only.
After 30 June, bail can be granted to him, the court said.
According to sources, Gangi Reddy surrendered because of the court order that said he must be granted bail after 30 June.
It is said that Gangi Reddy had discussed with his lawyer two key issues about his surrender before the court and the consequences to be faced if he failed to surrender.
The CBI informed the court that Gangi Reddy was influencing witnesses after being released on bail. The agency had arrested him on 28 March, 2019.
Vivekananda Reddy was murdered in his bathroom in his house in the Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh in 2019.
Meanwhile, the CBI, in its counter filed in the high court, opposing anticipatory bail to YSRCP MP Avinash Reddy, mentioned about his mobile phone calls from 6 pm on 14 March to 8 am on 15 March in 2019.
Bhaskar Reddy and Avinash Reddy’s names figured in the murder case that created a sensation before the Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh in 2019.
Bhaskar Reddy has been charged under Sections 120B (conspiracy), 302 (murder), and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) as he played a crucial role in the case, according to the CBI.
The CBI also said that a ₹40 crore “supari” (contract to kill) was offered to the accused to eliminate Viveka.
The Supreme Court last November transferred the case from Andhra Pradesh to a Special CBI Court in Hyderabad for investigation and trial into the conspiracy behind the murder case.
The apex court’s decision came on a petition by Viveka’s daughter, Dr Narreddy Sunitha Reddy, who had in the past alleged that Avinash Reddy was hampering the CBI probe.
Sunitha Reddy was also instrumental in having the investigation, which was being probed by a Special Investigation Team set up by the Andhra Pradesh police, transferred to the CBI.
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