Overview
- YSRCP’s Bhumana Karunakar Reddy alleges the CID and ACB ignored court directions and targeted critics of the government, while saying assets from accused Ravi Kumar were accepted as routine donations.
- He cites Ravi Kumar’s September 2023 Lok Adalat acquittal and questions whether the current TTD board can override it, pledging to quit politics if any link to the accused is proven.
- Endowments Minister Anam Ramanarayana Reddy and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu accuse the previous regime of compromising the theft case through Lok Adalat and press Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy to apologise for calling it a “small issue.”
- TTD board member G. Bhanu Prakash Reddy says Ravi Kumar was caught trying to steal $900 on April 29, 2023, and alleges properties worth about ₹14 crore tied to him were taken as “donations” to absolve him.
- TDP leader Buddha Venkanna expresses confidence that an SIT inquiry will expose the truth and raises concern for Ravi Kumar’s safety after the recent suspicious death of a former Tirumala AVSO.