Supreme Court questions Jagan's arrest

The CBI’s hastiness in arresting the YSR Congress president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in the assets case has been questioned by the Supreme Court.

Giving scope to the theories that Jagan’s arrest was a conspiracy hatched by the Congress and the CBI, the apex court asked the CBI counsel as to why Jagan was arrested when he was cooperating with the investigating agencies in the cases registered against him.

The court made these comments when the bail petition of Jagan came up for hearing today. Further hearing of the case has been posted to Sep 28.

The YSR Congress has been from the very beginning arguing that the cases foisted against Jagan were false and do not stand legal scrutiny. “It is a conspiracy of the Congress which used the CBI to implicate Jagan in the case,” the party averred several times.

(Updated on 14 Sept 2012)