CBI quiz Jagan Mohan Reddy on VANPIC deals

Amid tight security, Ysr Congress party president and Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation to face questions in connection with the disproportionate assets case against him.

Jagan reached the Dilkusha Guest House, CBI's temporary office, at around 10.30 am in a heavily guarded convoy. Security personnel in large numbers were deployed on the entire 7-km stretch from Jagan's residence Lotus Pond in Banjara Hills to Dilkusha Guest House on Raj Bhavan Road.

Jagan entered the Dilkusha Guest House with a smile on his face and greeted the officials with folded hands. This is the first time since the CBI registered a case of assets disproportionate to income against Jagan and 71 others in August last year that Jagan has appeared before the probing agency.

According to sources, the CBI team led by Joint Director VV Lakshminarayana began questioning Jagan over the land allotments done for the Vadarevu and Nizampatnam Ports and Industrial Corridor (VANPIC). The questioning was reportedly done in the presence of two other accused in the case, industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad and senior bureaucrat KV Brahamandna Reddy.

Sources say that the CBI might arrest Jagan on Saturday, after conducting another round of questioning in the presence of Jagathi Publications vice-chairman Vijaya Sai Reddy.