The Andhra Pradesh Crime Investigation Department (APCID) on September 9, 2023, arrested former Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president N. Chandrababu Naidu, who has been named as the prime accused in the alleged fraud involving about ₹371 crore in the A.P. Skill Development Corporation during 2014-19 period when the TDP was in power, said CID Additional DG N. Sanjay.
Mr. Naidu would be produced in the CID court in Vijayawada later in the day.
At a press conference at the A.P. Police Headquarters in the district a few hours after the arrest, he said the CID police served notices to Mr. Naidu at 6 a.m. at RK Function Hall in Nandyal and subsequently arrested him.