Former Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu will have to stay in jail for 6 more days in the Skill Development Corporation scam case, the Supreme Court ruled.. The former CM was arrested on September 9 for allegedly misappropriating funds from the Skill Development Corporation, when he was in office in 2015. The scam is said to be of Rs 371 crore.
The Supreme Court has also issued a notice to the Andra Pradesh government challenging the arrest.
The CID, in its remand report, alleged that Naidu "indulged in a criminal conspiracy with the intention of fraudulent misappropriation or otherwise conversion of government funds for his own use, disposal of property which was under the control of a public servant, besides engaging in cheating, forging documents and destroying evidence". Naidu, the Telugu Desam Party chief, had moved the top court on September 23, challenging the Andhra Pradesh High Court order dismissing his petition for quashing the FIR against him in connection with the alleged scam.
