The case of stolen proof from court docket: Two competitors, new minister and a Reddy face
On April 13, a bag containing a computer, iPad and 3 cell phones, all a part of “proof” towards the newly inducted Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Minister Kakani Govardhan Reddy in a forgery and defamation case, was once stolen from the fourth further judicial Justice of the Peace’s court docket in Nellore.
Fifty-seven-year-old Govardhan Reddy was once lately inducted into Leader Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s Cupboard after a reshuffle, and the defamation case towards him was once filed through former TDP minister Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy in December 2017.
Govardhan Reddy had accused Somireddy of accumulating belongings value Rs 1,000 crore, together with homes in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.
Son of native Congress chief Ramana Reddy, Govardhan has been in politics for just about 20 years and is a two-time MLA from Sarvepalli Meeting constituency in Nellore district.
An engineer and civil contractor, he gained Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies elections in 2006 as a Congress candidate, and went directly to function a ZP Chairman for Nellore till 2011. He was once additionally a member of the state government committee of the Congress party in united Andhra Pradesh.
Contesting on a YSRCP price ticket in 2014, he gained the Sarvepalli seat within the state elections through a margin of five,744 votes. He was once the YSRCP Nellore district convenor on the time. In 2019, he were given re-elected to the Meeting from the similar constituency, defeating the TDP’s Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy through a margin of 13,866 votes.
He was once anticipating a ministerial berth when Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy shaped the federal government in June 2019, however didn’t get it. On April 10, he was once appointed Agriculture Minister within the mid-term reshuffle. He’s learnt to have were given the publish because the CM sought after illustration from the Reddy neighborhood within the Cupboard. He additionally grabbed the Leader Minister’s consideration through aggressively selling govt schemes.
“He’s all the time amongst folks. He’s a troublesome employee and has achieved just right paintings within the constituency. He assists in keeping tabs on supply of presidency welfare schemes and guarantees all eligible beneficiaries get it,” mentioned YSRCP Nellore Rural party in-charge Ok Giridhar Reddy.
In December 2017, Kakani referred to as a press convention and confirmed a number of paperwork as evidence that the then TDP agriculture minister Somireddy Chandrashekar Reddy had gathered wealth amounting to “hundreds of crores” and that the cash was once invested in numerous nations.
Later, Somireddy filed a case at Nellore Rural Police Station claiming that Govardhan Reddy had solid the papers. He additionally filed a defamation case towards Govardhan Reddy the similar yr.
Following the theft on April 13, the police mentioned that two individuals were arrested and the computer, iPad, and cellphones were recovered from the accused.
Nellore District Superintendent of Police C Vijaya Rao mentioned that the accused had to begin with “supposed to thieve iron bars from a godown close to the court docket”. “They discovered canines there they usually broke into the court docket and located the bag containing the digital units. They disposed of the paperwork outdoor and made away with the digital units.”
Disregarding Govardhan Reddy’s connection to the incident, MLC Balli Kalyan mentioned the previous was once “now not the type to intrude with the legislation and the robbery of proof will have to now not be connected to him.”
