The Andhra Pradesh government has filed a defamation suit against the ‘Eenadu’ management, who included the group’s Chairman Ch. Ramoji Rao, his son Ch. Kiron, daughter in-law Ch. Sailaja Kiron, the daily’s editor Nageswara Rao, and Bureau Chiefs of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, for allegedly publishing adverse news against the State government and the Crime Investigation Department (CID).
The government has alleged that the Eenadu group published “adverse, false, fabricated and threatening news” against the CID when the investigation agency is inquiring about the alleged illegal activities of Margadarsi Chit Fund Private Limited.
Addressing the media after filing the case at the Guntur Sessions Court on July 4 (Tuesday), P. Sudhakar Reddy, Additional Advocate General, Government of Andhra Pradesh, said that they named all these persons as accused in the case. He said they filed the case under IPC Sections 501, 502 read with 120 (B) and 109.
