The allegation that Majji Srinivasa Rao, a YSR Congress Party leader and close relative of Education Minister Botcha Satyanarayana, was responsible for the attack on Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy at Visakhapatnam airport by J. Srinivasa Rao with a Kodi-Kathi was intended to divert the public attention from the suspicion of ‘a larger conspiracy’ behind the attempted murder, which had been conclusively ruled out by NIA Court in Vijayawada.
Advocates representing the accused Srinivasa Rao bear the onus of proving their allegations in the court at Visakhapatnam, to which the case has been assigned, after it was designated as the special court dealing with NIA cases from the combined Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam and East and West Godavari districts, said I. Venkateswarlu, counsel for Mr. Jagan, while pointing out that the dismissal of the plea for a probe into the ‘larger conspiracy’ was in the process of being challenged in the High Court.
Addressing mediapersons here on Wednesday, Mr. Venkateswarlu said the NIA had not done a comprehensive investigation into the ‘crime history’ of the accused, how he gained entry into the high-security lounge of the Vizag airport with a seemingly innocuous weapon (Kodi-Kathi) and the political leanings of his purported employer Harshavardhan.
