Chandrababu Naidu moves two pleas in High Court -- for bail and quashing of case

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Chandrababu Naidu, his legal team moved two pleas in the High Court — one seeking quashing of the case and another a bail petition. They are likely to come up for hearing on Wednesday.
The former chief minister was arrested for his alleged role in a multi-crore Skill Development Corporation scam and is currently lodged at Rajamahendravaram central prison after the court in Vijayawada remanded Naidu in judicial custody for 14 days on Sunday.
On Monday, a team of lawyers headed by senior counsel Siddharth Luthra representing Naidu had filed a petition to grant house custody to the former CM, citing threat perception.

Naidu has been a Z-plus category security protectee for several years already, with a team of NSG commandos guarding him always. The court did not permit house arrest citing security, Naidu's lawyer Jayakar Matta told PTI.
According to Matta, the court felt that Z-plus security will not be provided under house arrest, so it is safer for Naidu to stay in jail than at home under house custody.

Further, the court said it could have given house custody if it was possible to successfully provide Z-plus security to Naidu.
The court said jail is better for security reasons. The court had no objection to according house custody, provided Z-plus security was also being extended inside Naidu's residence.

Meanwhile, the 73-year-old former chief minister's wife Nara Bhuvaneswari visited Naidu in prison on Tuesday and noted that she fears for Naidu's security in confinement.
«I am apprehensive of his security. I have not seen any facilities.

He had to bathe with cold water,» she said, saying her husband's arrest has put their family into «tough times». However, the CID's legal team argued in the court that adhering to