Did you stab Jaganmohan Reddy to impress girlfriends NIA asks attacker

  • | Tuesday | 15th January, 2019

However, it is learnt that the NIA sleuths did not question him about his political affiliations during the marathon interrogation, where Srinivas was quizzed for over seven hours, except for a brief lunch break.It is also learnt that Srinivas did not take any names and even denied committing the offence. It was after the high court handed over the probe to NIA that the central investigating agency took up the Jagan attack case following the consent of the Union home ministry.On October 25, 2017, Srinivas slashed Jagan’s left hand with a knife used in cock fights while posing for a selfie with the YSRCP chief at Visakhapatnam airport Srinivas was working in a food court at Visakhapatnam airport. Visakhapatnam police commissioner Mahesh Chandra Ladda had, in the first week of January 2019, told the media that there was no conspiracy and the attack was carried out by the accused to gain instant fame, which is what the accused also told Vizag police that recorded statements of 92 witnesses.Srinivas, who will be in NIA custody till January 18, is expected to be questioned on Tuesday about where he procured the knife from and a team from NIA, Delhi, too is expected to join the interrogation. HYDERABAD: The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which recently took over the probe into the Jaganmohan Reddy attack case, on Monday grilled the accused, J Srinivas Rao, about the knife assault on the YSRCP chief at Vizag airport and also asked him whether he did it to impress his female friends.Armed with his mobile phone call records, NIA officials interrogated Srinivas Rao, who has been in NIA custody since Saturday, from 12 noon to 7.30pm on Monday at the agency’s new office in Madhapur.“Using Srinivas’s phone call records and other information, the accused was questioned about his girlfriends and when he had conversations with them prior to the attack to find out whether his friendship had anything to do with the offence,” sources privy to the investigation told TOI.The agency may also record the statements of Srinivas’s female friends.According to sources, the Monday’s questioning was primarily aimed at unearthing the reason for the attack and to ascertain if there was a larger conspiracy behind it.

HYDERABAD: The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which recently took over the probe into the Jaganmohan Reddy attack case, on Monday grilled the accused, J Srinivas Rao, about the knife assault on the YSRCP chief at Vizag airport and also asked him whether he did it to impress his female friends.Armed with his mobile phone call records, NIA officials interrogated Srinivas Rao, who has been in NIA custody since Saturday, from 12 noon to 7.30pm on Monday at the agency’s new office in Madhapur.“Using Srinivas’s phone call records and other information, the accused was questioned about his girlfriends and when he had conversations with them prior to the attack to find out whether his friendship had anything to do with the offence,” sources privy to the investigation told TOI.The agency may also record the statements of Srinivas’s female friends.According to sources, the Monday’s questioning was primarily aimed at unearthing the reason for the attack and to ascertain if there was a larger conspiracy behind it. However, it is learnt that the NIA sleuths did not question him about his political affiliations during the marathon interrogation, where Srinivas was quizzed for over seven hours, except for a brief lunch break.It is also learnt that Srinivas did not take any names and even denied committing the offence. Visakhapatnam police commissioner Mahesh Chandra Ladda had, in the first week of January 2019, told the media that there was no conspiracy and the attack was carried out by the accused to gain instant fame, which is what the accused also told Vizag police that recorded statements of 92 witnesses.Srinivas, who will be in NIA custody till January 18, is expected to be questioned on Tuesday about where he procured the knife from and a team from NIA, Delhi, too is expected to join the interrogation. It was after the high court handed over the probe to NIA that the central investigating agency took up the Jagan attack case following the consent of the Union home ministry.On October 25, 2017, Srinivas slashed Jagan’s left hand with a knife used in cock fights while posing for a selfie with the YSRCP chief at Visakhapatnam airport Srinivas was working in a food court at Visakhapatnam airport.

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