The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court in Vijayawada on July 25 (Tuesday) dismissed the petition filed by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy seeking an in-depth investigation into the conspiracy and the persons allegedly involved in the attack on him at Visakhapatnam airport with a ‘Kodi Kathi’ by J. Srinivasa Rao in 2018.
The court posted both Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s plea seeking exemption from personal appearance before it and the bail petition of Srinivasa Rao to August 1 for further hearing.
The attack on Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy, who was then the Leader of the Opposition, took place on October 25, 2018 when he was about to leave Visakhapatnam airport for Hyderabad in the midst of ‘Praja Sankalpa Yatra’ to attend court proceedings there. He was then spearheading his YSRCP into the 2019 elections.