00:00And our big news coming in from Andhra Pradesh, relief for Andhra Chief Mr. Chandra Babu Naidu
00:12in an alleged fiber net corruption case.
00:16The Anti-Corruption Bureau Court or the ACB Court has issued orders to dismiss the case
00:21against the TDP chief.
00:23This case was filed against Naidu and others when Jagan Mohan Reddy government was in power.
00:30Joining us for more on this is India Today's Apoorva J. Chandran.
00:35Apoorva, do tell us how and what has happened between filing of the chart sheet to now and
00:44the investigations that has led to the dismissal of this case.
00:49Well, remember, this case had gained quite a traction in 2014.
00:55And in fact, Chief Minister Naidu was then a position leader there, TDP's leader.
01:00He had in fact been named as one of the key accused in the, you know, charged by the ACP
01:06in this case as well.
01:07But now there's a big relief as the Vijayvara ACP Court has granted a clean shit to Chandra
01:12Babu Naidu in this, you know, fiber net case as well.
01:16In fact, several top names of TDP leaders, including Mr. Naidu, had also come up in the
01:21fiber net case as well as several MDs and, you know, officials from several companies who
01:28had allegedly been behind this scam.
01:30But what the ACP has right now, you know, stated is that there hasn't been any proper
01:35cause that they were able to show involvement of Mr. Chandran Babu Naidu in this case as well.
01:41And that's why the ACP Court right now has granted a clean shit for Mr. Naidu.
01:46In fact, this case has roughly gone on for almost over a year now since it had begun its
01:51investigation.
01:52There were several names that were under the radar, including that of, you know, the current
01:57Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Chandra Babu Naidu, and several other senior leaders as
02:02well who had been named in this case.
02:04Several of them who had also been picked up for questioning in this very particular case
02:07as well.
02:08But now the ACP Court, looking into whatever has been given to them during the course of
02:13the investigation over the last one year, has now granted a clean shit to Andhra Pradesh
02:19Chief Minister, Nara Chandran Babu Naidu.
02:21Right.
02:22Thank you, Apoorva, for all those details.
02:23So clearly a huge relief there for the Chief Minister.
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