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Hyderabad: Enforcement Directorate recovered Rs. Naidu has got a big relief after getting clean chit in the Rs 371 crore Skill Development Corporation scam. Due to this, such comments are being made that the sins of another leader have been washed away in the BJP's washing machine. Chandrababu has also become Mr. Clean by supporting BJP.
Last year, Naidu was jailed by the Jagan Mohan Reddy government over the alleged scam in the Skill Development Corporation. Chandrababu was arrested on the basis of investigation by the SIT of CID formed by the Jagan government. Chandrababu was released from jail on bail on October 31, 2023, but before that Naidu had to spend more than 50 days behind bars. When Chandrababu joined the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections, it was said that Chandrababu chose to surrender to the BJP government to avoid agencies including the ED.
The ED investigation has revealed that Vikas Vinayak Khanvelkar, Managing Director (MD) of DesignTech Systems Pvt Ltd, Soumyadri Shekhar Bose alias Suman Bose, former SGM of Siemens Industry Software India Pvt Ltd and his close associates, Mukul Chandra Agarwal and -Suresh Goyal, government money was misappropriated. These companies extorted money through multi-level transactions by creating fake invoices under the pretext of providing support and supply of materials and services to shell and defunct companies.
To make this amount, newcomers were hired and paid commission. The criminal proceedings committed by the accused persons and entrants were identified and various movable assets in the form of bank balances and shares were recovered. Immovable properties in the form of residential properties in Delhi NCR, Mumbai and Pune were also traced and attached, but later given clean chit, the ED said.
Naidu's government gave money to its own company
ED had also filed a charge sheet against Chandrababu in the corruption case. According to this charge sheet, Chandrababu Naidu's government had repeatedly embezzled Rs 371 crore in the name of providing skill development training to the youth. This amount was given by Skill Development Corporation to the companies related to Chandrababu's property.
The chargesheet mentions Designtech Systems Pvt Ltd, which is said to be Chandrababu's own company. ED had temporarily seized assets worth Rs 23.5 crore of this company and others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.