Key Points
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday morning arrested Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddys uncle Y S Bhaskar Reddy in connection with the murder of former MP Y S Vivekananda Reddy..
The fifth person to be arrested in the case, Bhaskar is being taken to Hyderabad and will be produced before the local CBI court, officials said..
He has been charged under Indian Penal Code sections 120B (conspiracy), 302 (murder) and 201 (tampering and destroying evidence)...
In 2020, the Andhra Pradesh High Court handed over the investigation into the murder of Vivekananda who had switched over from the Indian National Congress to YSR Congress to the CBI after his daughter Sunitha filed a plea..
In 2022, the Supreme Court ordered shifting of the trial from the state to the CBI Special Court in Hyderabad, Telangana after finding substance in contentions that a fair trial may not be possible in Andhra Pradesh..
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