New Delhi: Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Chandrababu Naidu was arrested early morning on Saturday for his alleged involvement in a corruption case. Earlier he had got a warrant. He had got a warrant on charges of corruption in the skill development case. The sections imposed against him were non-bailable.

Chandrababu Naidu was shifted to Nandyala Hospital for medical examination, after which he will be produced in the court. After the arrest, Naidu promised to cooperate with the police, according to the information.

Non-bailable warrant was issued early Saturday

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Saturday, early today, had issued an arrest warrant to Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Chief and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu in a corruption case. The First Information Report (FIR) in the case was filed in 2021.

According to reports, the arrest memo to Chandrababu Naidu was issued under Section 50 (1) (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CRPC). The arrest warrant for Chandrababu Naidu was issued early Saturday when the former chief minister was relaxing in his vanity van after a public address in Andhra Pradesh’s Nandyala town.

Chandrababu Naidu had claimed arrest

Recently Chandrababu Naidu had claimed that he would be arrested soon. Regarding the case, the police said that all details and materials have been provided to the court. Naidu agreed to cooperate with the police and would be taken in his convoy while his security would be allowed to accompany him.

Andhra minister Meruga Nagarjuna had demanded arrest

On Friday, Andhra Pradesh Social Welfare Minister Meruga Nagarjuna had demanded the arrest of Chandrababu Naidu on charges of looting public money. Addressing a media conference in Tadepalli, he said Chandrababu had spent Rs 10 crore to renovate the Lake View Guest House in Hyderabad before fleeing the place in the cash for vote case.

The Social Welfare Minister alleged that Chandrababu Naidu spent another Rs 10 crore on the Chief Minister’s Office. Apart from this, Rs 100 crore has also been spent on chartered flights and Rs 80 crore on “Dharma Porata Diksha.”

He said that our Chief Minister did not waste public money like him (Chandrababu Naidu) but distributed Rs 2.31 lakh crore through Direct Benefit Transfer to people’s accounts.