Naidu has been turned over to CID agents for questioning, per the court's order, according to MR Ravi Kiran, DIG (Prisons).
Digital Desk: N Chandrababu Naidu, the leader of the TDP, is being questioned by a team from the Andhra Pradesh Police CID on Sunday at the Rajamahendravaram Central Prison about the Skill Development Corporation scandal.
The 73-year-old TDP leader was given two days of custody by the CID on Friday by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Court for additional questioning in the case.
On both days (September 23 and 24), questions may be asked from 9.30 am to 5 pm.
Naidu has been turned over to CID agents for questioning, per the court's order, according to MR Ravi Kiran, DIG (Prisons).
On Sunday, the court's two-day extension of judicial remand and police detention would come to an end.
The CID was asked by the court to virtually present Naidu before it by 5 o'clock via the "Blue Jeans" programme. On Saturday, the TDP leader was hardly ever brought before the court.
‘Blue Jeans’ is an app where prisoners are produced before the courts online, said Kiran.
The court has ordered that the former chief minister be permitted to take breaks during the investigation and have access to one lawyer.
The court approved the participation of three deputy superintendents of police (DSPs) from the Economic Offences Wing of the CID, together with six more junior police officers, a professional videographer, and two authorised mediators in the questioning.
The court also granted Naidu's request to have a group of lawyers present during the questioning at reasonable intervals of five minutes following each hour of questioning.
In light of the former chief minister's limited time, poor health, and advanced age, it permitted questioning of Naidu within the walls of the jail itself, saving him the roughly 200-kilometer trip from Rajamahendravaram Central Prison to the CID office in Mangalagiri.
On September 9, Naidu was detained for allegedly stealing money from the Skill Development Corporation, causing an alleged loss to the state exchequer of more than Rs 300 crore.
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