Within 24 hours of the Telangana high court granting anticipatory bail to YSR Congress party MP from Kadapa Y S Avinash Reddy in connection with the murder of his uncle and former MP Y S Vivekananda Reddy, it was the turn of Avinash’s father Y S Bhaskar Reddy to seek bail.
On Thursday, Bhaskar Reddy filed a petition in the special court for Central Bureau of Investigation cases in Hyderabad seeking bail on health grounds.
He has claimed that he was suffering from low blood pressure and heart-related issues. The petition is expected to come up for hearing on Friday.
Bhaskar Reddy was arrested by the CBI from his residence at Pulivendula in Kadapa town on April 16. Since then, he had been lodged in Chanchalguda jail on judicial remand.
On May 26, he fell sick due to sudden drop in blood pressure and was admitted to Osmania General Hospital initially.
After the doctors’ advice, he was later shifted to the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) for specialised treatment for heart-ailments. He is presently undergoing treatment at the NIMS.
The CBI, while seeking judicial remand for Bhaskar Reddy on April 16, told the court that he had been influencing key witnesses in the Vivekananda Reddy murder case and trying to mislead the case.
The Central agency alleged that Bhaskar Reddy, along with his son Avinash Reddy, had played a key role in conspiring for the murder of Vivekananda Reddy. The MP’s father also tried to destroy the evidence after the murder, the CBI said.
