Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Naidu being shifted to Aurangabad jail


With tension mounting in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra on Babli Dam dispute, the government decided to Telugu Desam Party Maharashtra (TDP) chief Chandrababu Naidu to prison Aurangabad shift.
On Monday, Naidu and TDP leaders on bail after refusing to accept a new hearing was conducted upon completion of their two-day judicial remand period.
After this, the magistrate Nanded extended their judicial remand until July 26.
Previously, the local population in Maharashtra's Dharmabad city claimed that they Baton-charged by police while protesting the arrest Naidu.
The TDP had called for a shutdown in Andhra Pradesh to the arrest of Naidu.aharashtra police arrested 75 Naidu and other politicians on Friday for violating bans protest orders.
They were in preventive detention for trying to visit Babli Dam in North Holland to find out if that state intervention is more than its share of the waters of the River Godavari.
Naidu said he was only at the Barrage Babli project to inspect and fight for a fair share of water in Andhra Pradesh.
TDP leaders are likely to raise at their meeting on July 23 with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.