Jagan seeks joint trial of all chargesheets in DA case

Jailed YSR Congress leader Y S Jaganmohan Reddy today moved a special CBI court here with a plea to take up framing of charges and trial of all the charge sheets filed in connection with the disproportionate assets case against him together.
In a petition filed through his counsel before the Principal Special Court for CBI cases, Jagan sought that framing of charges and conducting of trial be done jointly in connection with the four chargesheets in the case.
The court is yet to take cognisance of the charge sheet (fifth one that also names Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Sabita Indra Reddy as an accused) filed on April 8.

Jagan and his financial advisor V Vijay Sai Reddy had last week moved the court and filed two memos challenging the filing of the (fifth chargesheet) by CBI on the basis of a single issue relating to Dalmia Cement.
Jagan had sought directions to the central agency to act as per the Supreme Court order with regard to filing of charge sheets in connection with the case against him for his alleged quid-pro-quo deals.
They contended that CBI was acting contrary to the undertaking it gave to the Supreme Court as it told the court that it would file the final charge sheet in remaining seven aspects of the case.

Arguments were today held on Vijay Sai's memo and the court posted the matter for hearing to April 24 to enable CBI to file its counter.

Meanwhile, the court extended the judicial remand of Jagan, former Andhra Pradesh Excise Minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana Rao, industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad, IRAS officer K V Brahmananda Reddy (all accused in Vanpic aspect of Jagan assets case) till April 29 after they were produced before it through video-conference from Chanchalguda Central Prison where they are currently lodged.
Jagan was arrested by CBI on May 27 last year on corruption charges and has been lodged in Chanchalguda Jail since then.

Meanwhile, the court also extended till April 29 the judicial custody of former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, his brother-in-law B V Srinivas Reddy and Gali's close associate K Mehfuz Ali Khan- all accused in the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) scam case.