The special Anti-Corruption Bureau court will deliver the judgement on the plea moved by Andhra Pradesh former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu seeking house imprisonment on Tuesday. Naidu sought house remand citing earlier attempts on his life by Maoists. The TDP leader has Z+ NSG cover.
According to Naidu's lawyer Siddharth Luthra, the Rajahmundry prison where Naidu is currently lodged, is also home to prisoners involved in violent crimes and the former chief minister could be attacked by anyone who might hold a grudge against him.
Lutra argued before the court that Naidu has been in public life for 45 years and worked as s chief minister for 14 years. The Union Home Ministry has extended him Z+ security considering the threat level against him. The counsel added that the request for house remand was moved considering the threat level and not because of his position as the opposition leader or former chief minister.
"We have our own doubts over the security provided to him in the prison. He has been provided with high security by the Centre, which could be provided to him in the house remand," he said.
However, additional advocate general Sudhakar Reddy argued that the authorities were providing him highest security in the prison and there was no provision for house imprisonment in the Criminal Procedure Code(CrPC). "There is adequate security in the jail and as per the court directions, Naidu has been provided with a separate room and other facilities under additional security. In fact, he is safer in jail than at his home," he told the court on Monday.
The Vijayawada court, which remanded the 73-year-old in judicial custody for 14 days in a multi-crore corruption case, granted him amenities including home-cooked food, medication and a special room.
Naidu who has Z-plus category security protestion was given separate accommodation because of purported threat to his life. He was housed in the upper block of the jail's Sneha wing.
Naidu was arrested in the Skill Development Corporation scam case following a pre-dawn operation on Saturday at Nandyala.
Meanwhile, senior TDP leaders on Monday has submitted a memorandum to Governor S Abdul Nazeer in Visakhapatnam stating that the former chief minister was being framed in the alleged multi-crore scam. Party leaders Yanamula Ramakrishnudu, M A Shareef, Kavali Pratibha Bharati, Dhulipalla Narendra, Kanna Lakshminarayana, Pattabhi Ram Kommareddy and others assembled at the party office on Monday and deliberated on the recent developments.
