AP CID Files New Petitions in HC on Amaravati Lands Scam

 Vijayawada: State Crime Investigation Department (CID) on Saturday filed two petitions before the Andhra Pradesh High Court, praying that the top court in the state reopen the petitions before it in the Amaravati assigned lands scam.

The department contended that new evidence has emerged, with information provided by sister-in-law of former minister Ponguru Narayana in the scam.

The Amaravati assigned lands case, registered on March 12, 2021, was based on the report by Alla Ramakrishna Reddy, the YSRC MLA from Mangalagiri. He named former chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu and former minister P. Narayana as the main accused in the case.

Andhra Pradesh High Court granted a stay on the investigation on March 19, 2021. The court recently completed its hearing on the quash petition filed by the accused.

While the High Court has reserved its orders, the CID officers received new evidence in the form of a voluntary audiovisual statement by Ponguru Krishnapriya, sister-in-law of Narayana (A-2). She gave specific details on how Narayana, the then municipal administration minister, indulged in the illegal purchase of the assigned lands.

The criminal petitions 1762 and 1764 of 2021 listed in the cause list of the High Court are slated to come up for orders before Justice V. Krupasagar on Monday.