Naidu predicts he will be soon arrested by AP government

TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu today alleged that the YSRCP government in Andhra Pradesh will arrest him tomorrow or the day after or even resort to a physical attack on him. The former chief minister made this comment a day after the Andhra Pradesh CID decided to launch investigations against him in view of the notice sent by the Income Tax department over an amount of Rs 118 crore which the central agency said was part of the kickbacks received by him from infrastructure companies through bogus sub-contractors. This was the first time Mr Naidu spoke on the issue after reports about the I-T notices surfaced in the media.

The Opposition leader was interacting with teachers, lawyers and intellectuals at a programme in Raidurgam in Anantapur district. "They may arrest me tomorrow or the day after. They may even attack me. They are trying to put the wrong they had committed on me. I have lived without a single mark (on his character) for the past 45 years. Nobody even filed a case on me or found any evidence against me," said Mr Naidu.