Jaganmohan Reddy seeks central probe into attack

  • | Tuesday | 30th October, 2018

VIJAYAWADA: YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy said that the police investigation into the attack on him at Visakhapatnam airport on October 25 was motivated and unfair. He wanted Rajnath to entrust the investigation to an agency, not under the control of the state government.Meanwhile, Justice AV Sesha Sai of Hyderabad High Court on Monday posted to Wednesday a plea filed by the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) seeking an independent probe into the attack on its president YS Jaganmohan Reddy. Jagan said this was a blatant attempt to misguide the investigation by giving it a predetermined direction. “The state government machinery is working to trivialize the attack on me,” said Jagan.He also cited statements of TDP leaders and senior government officials accusing him of planning the attack to seek sympathy in the upcoming elections. In a letter to Union home minister Rajnath Singh, he said the state DGP had accused him of resorting to ploys to gain public attention.He blamed the AP government and the investigating agencies for arriving at premature conclusions about the attack.

VIJAYAWADA: YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy said that the police investigation into the attack on him at Visakhapatnam airport on October 25 was motivated and unfair. In a letter to Union home minister Rajnath Singh, he said the state DGP had accused him of resorting to ploys to gain public attention.He blamed the AP government and the investigating agencies for arriving at premature conclusions about the attack. “The state government machinery is working to trivialize the attack on me,” said Jagan.He also cited statements of TDP leaders and senior government officials accusing him of planning the attack to seek sympathy in the upcoming elections. Jagan said this was a blatant attempt to misguide the investigation by giving it a predetermined direction. He wanted Rajnath to entrust the investigation to an agency, not under the control of the state government.Meanwhile, Justice AV Sesha Sai of Hyderabad High Court on Monday posted to Wednesday a plea filed by the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) seeking an independent probe into the attack on its president YS Jaganmohan Reddy.

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