Former AP minister Mopidevi gets bail in corruption case

The special CBI court here today granted bail to former Andhra Pradesh Minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana Rao in the 'quid-pro-quo investments' case involving Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy's companies.
Mopidevi will have to submit two sureties of Rs 2 lakh each. The former minister shall not leave Hyderabad without prior permission, the judge said.
Mopidevi, the only minister to be arrested in the case, is an accused in the VANPIC part of the case and was the state Minister for Excise when he was arrested on May 24, 2012.
The court also said that he should not try to influence witnesses directly or indirectly.

Mopidevi, who had earlier got interim bail on health grounds, surrendered before the court last Thursday and filed a regular bail plea pointing out that all other accused were out on bail.
According to CBI, Mopidevi, as the Minister for Infrastructure and Investment in the Y S Rajasekhara Reddy-led government, approved a cabinet memorandum containing the proposal for awarding a construction project by withholding important aspects such as total extent of land required, etc.
According to CBI, industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad, the promoter of the project, got nearly 24,000 acres of land as a quid pro quo for the investments made by him in Jagan's businesses.