The Crime Investigation Department (CID) of Andhra Pradesh filed a chargesheet against former Chief Minister and TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu and a few others for alleged misappropriation of funds in the skill development corporation case on April 4 (Thursday).
As per sources, the CID filed the chargesheet at the third Additional Sessions Judge-cum- Special Judge for ACB cases in Vijayawada.
In the chargesheet, the CID said, “The JNTUs of Kakinada and Anantapur, and S.V. University, Tirupati, had evaluated the inventory given to the six Centres of Excellence under the Siemens Project and compared it with the market price. On an average, there was excess charging of about ₹4.5 crore in each Centre of Excellence (amounting to ₹27 crore approximately) and ₹70 lakh in each of the 34 technical Skill Development Institutes (amounting to approximately ₹23.8 crore). This is in addition to the ₹176.27 crore misappropriated by using fake invoices.”
