CBI grills Jagan for 7 hrs, to continue questioning Saturday

Emerging from Dilkusha Guest House the CBI camp office here at 630 pm Jagan told reporters that he had been asked to come again Saturday at 1030 am quotClarifications have been sought and clarifications have been given Tomorrow in continuation to the clarifications sought they ask me to come again at 1030 am I will be seeing them once again at 1030 am tomorrow They will be asking me further clarifications and I will be giving them further clarificationsquot he said without elaborating further Jaganmohan Reddy File photo quotIt was very cool and peacefulquot he remarked to queries about the questioning He later drove to his residence at Lotus Pond where a large number of his supporters greeted him CBI officials led by joint director VV Lakshminarayana began questioning Jagan at 1030 am at Dilkusha Guest House Jagan39s family sent him lunch from home The CBI believed to have questioned him in the presence of Excise Minister Mopidevi Venkataramana who was arrested Thursday for his role in issuing orders as minister for infrastructure and investment in the YSR cabinet leading industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad and bureaucrat KV Brahmananda Reddy All the three are currently in CBI custody Jagan was seen entering the guest house at 1030 am with a smile on his face and greeting the officials with folded hands The 40yearold businessmanpolitician was accompanied by Congress MP Sabbam Hari state legislators Alla Nani and Bhuma Nagi Reddy The usually busy Raj Bhavan Road where the guest house is located has been blocked by police A few Jagan supporters who managed to reach near the guest house and raised slogans were arrested Hyderabad is virtually under police siege with deployment of forces at several places to avert any law and order problem in the event of Jagan39s arrest Prohibitory orders banning assembly of five or more people have been imposed in the city and other parts of the state Personnel from city police Andhra Pradesh Special Police and paramilitary Rapid Action Force RAF were deployed around the guest house and surrounding areas Police kept water canons and tear gas ready A couple of hours after Jagan appeared before the CBI unidentified people set afire two buses of stateowned Road Transport Corp RTC at Vanasthalipuram and L B Nagar areas in Hyderabad Dozens of Jagan supporters were arrested in various districts since Thursday night while heading for the state capital This is the first time that Jagan has appeared before the investigating agency since the CBI registered a case of assets disproportionate to income against him and 71 others in August last year The MP from Kadapa appeared before the CBI a day after Venkataramana was arrested in the same case Jagan is being questioned about the investments made into his companies by the firms which allegedly received land licenses and other concessions from the government when his father YS Rajasekhara Reddy was chief minister Rajasekhara Reddy died in September 2009 The CBI which has so far filed three charge sheets in the case alleged that Jagan conspired with his father to dole out favours to certain companies under a quid pro quo arrangement It is questioning Jagan three days before he is scheduled to appear before a CBI special court Earlier Jagan left his residence in the posh Banjara Hills area for the guest house amid tight security A large number of supporters had gathered at his residence He took the blessings of his mother Vijayamma His sister wife and other family members saw him off Those present at the house included Jagan39s aide and auditor Vijay Sai Reddy also an accused in the case and now on bail Police have also imposed prohibitory orders in Jagan39s native district Kadapa and several places in the state Jagan who was busy campaigning for the party in June 12 byelections to one Lok Sabha and 18 assembly seats had reached Hyderabad Thursday night u00a0