The Andhra Pradesh Crime Investigation Department has registered one more graft case against the former Chief Minister and TDP national president Nara Chandrababu Naidu, alleging that he was involved in a liquor scam during his previous tenure by granting permission to certain distilleries.
The CID Mangalagiri police filed a First Information Report (FIR) under crime number 18/2023 dated October 28, 2023 based on a complaint lodged by D. Vasudeva Reddy, Commissioner of Distilleries and Breweries, and Managing Director of Andhra Pradesh State Beverages Corporation. A case has been filed under various Sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988.
In this case, a bureaucrat I.S. Naresh has been named as accused number 1, former Minister and TDP senior leader Kollu Ravindra as accused number 2 and Mr. Naidu has been named as accused number 3. Apart from these three, the FIR mentioned some other known and unknown public servants and others as accused persons.
