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News Topical, Digital Desk : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a new charge sheet in the Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development Corporation (APSSDC) Siemens project case. It states that some of the accused "misappropriated" government funds, but Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu was found to have no role in laundering the scam proceeds.
Chandrababu Naidu's TDP is an ally of the Modi government-led NDA at the center. The previous Andhra Pradesh government, led by YSRCP Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy, arrested Chandrababu Naidu in this case in September 2023. He was accused of causing a loss of ₹300 crore to the state treasury due to irregularities in the scheme.
Spent more than 50 days in jail
Naidu spent over 50 days in the Rajamahendravaram Central Jail before the Andhra High Court granted him bail on October 31, 2023. A local court in Vijayawada recently accepted the closure report filed by the state CID in the case and closed the investigation against Naidu. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said in a statement that the ED case is based on the CID FIR.
What did the investigating agency say?
The investigating agency stated in its supplementary charge sheet that its investigation found no role of Naidu in the "misappropriation," and therefore, he was not named as an accused in that complaint. The court took cognizance of this new prosecution complaint on January 28. The skill development project involves the establishment of clusters of centers of excellence, with a total project cost estimated at ₹3,300 crore.
The new chargesheet has been filed against the accused company Designtech Systems Pvt Ltd (DTSPL), its Managing Director Vikas Khanvelkar, former Managing Director of Siemens Industry Software India Pvt Ltd Soumyadri Sekhar Bose alias Suman Bose, and his "close associates" Mukul Chandra Agarwal, Suresh Goyal and some others.
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