More trouble seem to be in store for former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu as an Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) court here granted two days of custody to the state CID right after the High Court dismissed his petition to quash the FIR against him in connection with the multi-crore Skill Development scam. He will now approach the Supreme Court for relief.
Two days back, while battling it out in the High Court both sides had brought in big guns, with Harish Salve virtually appearing for Mr Naidu while Mukul Rohtagi argued for the Andhra Pradesh CID in the court of Justice K Sreenivasa Reddy.
Mr Naidu’s lawyers had said that prior sanction was required before arrest under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act and had pleaded for the FIR to be quashed.
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