A local CBI court has extended the judicial remand of YSR Congress chief, Mr Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, in connection with a disproportionate assets case, till July 4.

Mr Jagan, who appeared before the judge through video conferencing from Chanchalguda prison where he is lodged, had earlier requested the court that he must be allowed to appear in the court in person.

However, the court rejected his memo and directed the prison authorities to produce him through video conferencing.

When Mr Jagan was last produced before the court, the police brought him in a police van, instead of the bullet-proof vehicle it used earlier.

Objecting to the manner in which he was brought to the court, Mr Jagan had complained to the court and said despite being an MP and president of a political party, he was treated like an ordinary criminal though he was still an accused and no charge against him was proved yet.

The CBI, probing the assets case against Mr Jagan, had arrested the 39-year-old MP on May 27.

The probe agency, in its three charge-sheets filed against Mr Jagan and others, had alleged that he and his father hatched a conspiracy to defraud the Government, and the State Government granted some favours to certain firms, which made investments in Mr Jagan’s businesses as a quid pro quo.

Meanwhile, in APIIC-Emaar case, the court extended the remand of suspended IAS officer, Mr B.P. Acharya, till July 4. He was also presented before court through video conferencing.

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