Court refuses to cancel bail of Jagan Mohan

HYDERABAD: A court in Hyderabad rejected an appeal made by the Central Bureau of Investigation seeking to cancel the bail granted the YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy. Investigators claimed that Reddy was trying to influence witnesses and tamper with evidence. Reddy is accused of putting pressure on various individuals and firms to invest millions in his businesses as a “quid pro quo” for favours bestowed on them during the tenure of his father YS Rajasekhar Reddy, former Andhra Pradesh chief minister. He was arrested in March 2012, and released after 16 months in prison.