Former Union Minister Chinta Mohan, on Saturday, demanded that Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy take steps for the immediate release of J. Srinivasa Rao alias Kodikathi Seenu from the Visakhapatnam jail.
Addressing a press conference here, Chinta Mohan faulted Mr. Jagan for not providing witnesses at the NIA court in the ‘Kodikathi case’. He termed the episode of the attack on the CM at Visakhapatnam airport in 2019 ‘a big drama’, claiming that airport security personnel revealed that it was impossible to carry even a needle inside the airport.
“A YSRCP leader and a minister in the present government played a hoax of smearing blood on Jagan’s arm. The accused, Seenu, a Dalit youth, is innocent, but rotting in jail for five years without a bail,” Chinta Mohan said. The former MP further alleged that there was a threat to Seenu’s life, and blamed the State government, police forces, and medical officials for mishandling the case.
