Chandrababu Naidu's Plea Against FIR & Remand : Andhra Pradesh High Court Reserves Verdict [Live Updates]

Kumar: Till now I didn't have documents. A1 (then Special Secretary to AP government) had raised a query to Seimens, if the same project was 1 crore in Gujarat, why is it so high here? We have email communication.

Adv Ranjit Kumar continuing for State: Other side is getting angry at words used like ' henchmen'. But these were all trained officials in their respective field.

Rohatgi: 17A does not apply because it is not the job of a civil servant to fabricate and misappropriate.

Rohatgi now refers to the memo filed to add Naidu to the case:

"Manipulation was done solely under the leadership of A37 ( Naidu)...he has sanctioned the setting up of shell companies and transfer of funds"

Rohatgi: MOU does not talk about sub-contract. All these companies are shell companies and all of them are taking money without any services rendered. This is how it was done.

Rohatgi: If the State was vengeful, this gentleman (Naidu) would be arrested in a few days

Rohatgi: Never does it happen that State gives money. Here it is dolled out right in the beginning?

Rohatgi: Now the two private companies set up another company called Skillar and this Skillar sent the money to 6 shell companies and willy nilly, the money was withdrawn

Rohatgi: There is an MOU between two companies on one hand, and one with the AP Corporation. So it's a tripartite agreement.

Rohatgi: Before the private institution set anything up, the 300 crores were transferred.

Rohatgi: The other side has relied on Arnab Goswami case. The ratio in that case was that 'free speech will not be scuttled'. That is not the case in the present case. The professions are completely different