N Chandrababu Naidu, the president of the Telugu Desam Party, was produced in an Anti-Corruption Bureau court here on Sunday morning amid tight security, a day after being arrested in an alleged corruption case.Siddarth Luthra, a Supreme Court lawyer, and a team of advocates are representing the former Andhra Pradesh chief minister.At the court complex, several TDP top leaders and party personnel gathered.After a 10-hour questioning at the CIDs Special Investigation Team (SIT) office in Kunchanapalli, he was transported to Government General Hospital in Vijayawada for medical examinations at 3:40 a.m.Following the tests, which lasted around 50 minutes, Naidu was returned to the SIT office, despite the fact that he was supposed to be transferred directly to a local court.Vijayawada: CID produces Ex-Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu before ACB courtRead @ANI Story | https://t.co/RoxlpJ1q6a#ChandrababuNaidu #CID #Vijayawada #ACBcourt pic.twitter.com/zDd6WUP07j— ANI Digital (@ani_digital) September 10, 2023Naidus family in court According to media reports, TDP spokesperson Pattabhi Ram Kommareddy said the TDP chiefs son Nara Lokesh, wife Nara Bhuvaneswari, and others were waiting at the ACB Court.“We thought that he would be taken to the court. But they brought him back to the SIT office. Lokesh and Bhuvaneswari were waiting at the Court but all of a sudden the convoy turned towards the SIT office,” Kommareddy explained.He expressed astonishment and confusion when asked if Naidu would be produced in court within 24 hours of his arrest.300 million dollar swindle On Saturday, Naidu was arrested in connection with the suspected Skill Development Corporation scam during a pre-dawn police raid in Gnanapuram, Nandyala. The CID apprehended him about 6 a.m. outside a marriage hall where his trailer was parked.According to reports, the swindle cost the state exchequer $300 million. The TDP leader has been identified as the primary conspirator in the case.Meanwhile, the TDP has called on its supporters to participate in a one-day fast on Sunday in every Assembly constituency to protest Naidus incarceration.
