Nara Lokesh arrives at SIT office for second day interrogation on inner-ring road scam

Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], October 11 (ANI): Telugu Desam Party General Secretary Nara Lokesh arrived at the Special Investigation Team (SIT) office in Tadeaplli for second-day interrogation in the inner ring road case on Wednesday.
Police have set up three-step barricading at the site in case of protest by party activists.

CID added Nara Lokesh as A-14 (Accused 14) in the Inner Ring Road alignment case CID was interrogated by CID till 5 pm on Tuesday as per court orders.
After the questioning by the Crime Investigation Department (CID) about alleged irregularities in the Inner Ring Road case, Telugu Desam Party General Secretary Nara Lokesh said, "I have nothing to hide."
"In September, I was summoned by Andhra Pradesh CID in an alleged inner ring road scam and I went to court because they were asking questions unrelated to me and documents which today I don't have access to. High Court clearly stated that such questions can't be asked and then I was asked to appear today in front of CID...for nearly 6 hours, I was questioned and a total of 50 questions were asked, out of which 49 questions were not related to alleged inner ring road scam...I am asked to appear tomorrow again...I will reappear again tomorrow...I have nothing to hide..." he told reporters on Tuesday.
Earlier, TDP leader Nara Lokesh along with his supporters staged a protest in the national capital after the CID in Andhra Pradesh served a notice on him in connection with the Amaravati Inner Ring Road 'scam' case.
The protest was held outside the Delhi residence of TDP MP Jayadev Galla.
In May 2022, the CID registered an FIR against Chandrababu Naidu, former municipal administration minister Dr P Narayana, Heritage Foods Ltd, and others, for alleged irregularities in the construction of an Inner Ring Road in Amaravati.
Meanwhile TDP Supremo Chandrababu Naidu continues to be in judicial custody. Naidu was arrested by
the Andhra Pradesh Criminal Investigation Department (CID) last month in connection with the alleged multi-crore skill development scam case.
Naidu's quash petition filed in the Supreme Court will now be heard on Friday. Naidu had filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking the dismissal of the case registered by the CID. The two-judge bench, after hearing the arguments on Tuesday, adjourned the hearing to October 13. (ANI)