TDP leaders house imprisonment, Chandrababu Naidu detained.

N Chandrababu Naidu, a former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh and the leader of the opposition, was detained early on Saturday in connection with an alleged fraud at the AP Skill Development Corporation that allegedly took place from 2014 to 2019 while the Telugu Desam Party was in power.

Naidu is the main culprit in the case, according to the CID, which detained him. It is alleged that Rs 371 crore of government monies were transferred to shell businesses. This case's FIR was filed on December 9, 2021. Early in the morning, Naidu, who was visiting Nandyal, was detained and transferred to Vijayawada for questioning. Police placed key TDP officials under house arrest after his detention and declared a high alert for the whole state. According to the CID, after signing a Memorandum of Understanding with Siemens, the Naidu government allegedly allocated Rs 371 crore for the creation of skill development clusters for unemployed youth throughout the state. However, a sizable portion of the money was allegedly diverted to shell companies linked to some Siemens and Skill Development Corporation employees. It is said that when the money was removed, Naidu was the final victim of this con.

The cost of the aforementioned talent development cluster project was Rs 3,356 crore, of which 10% was provided by the government and 90% by Siemens. Siemens conducted an internal investigation throughout the investigation and appeared before a magistrate to provide a statement pursuant to Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC). It stressed that their business was not a part of the Joint Venture (JVO) or the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the government.