CBI again serves notice to Avinash in Kurnool

ANANTAPUR: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has issued another notice to Kadapa MP Y.S. Avinash Reddy to appear before it on Monday, May 22, in connection with the Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy murder case.

The MP had not appeared before the CBI on Friday, May 19, on grounds that his mother Lakshmamma had fallen ill. Avinash Reddy could be seen at Viswa Bharathi Hospital in Kurnool, where his mother is being treated for cardiac-related issues.

On Friday, the MP’s counsels had submitted a letter from Avinash Reddy to the CBI on Friday over his inability to appear before them on Friday for the probe.

Following this, the CBI has issued a fresh notice to the Kadapa MP through a WhatsApp message, directing him to present himself at its office in Koti of Hyderabad on Monday, sources said.

Incidentally, Dr Rithesh of Viswa Bharathi Hospital released a bulletin on the health of Lakshmamma, Avinash Reddy’s mother, on Friday night, stating that she needs to undergo an angiogram. She is in the ICU of the hospital and is stable.

Several MLAs and YSRC leaders from Kurnool district visited the Viswa Bharathi hospital on Saturday.