Koneru Prasad Gets Interim Bail to Visit Sabarimala

The Special Court for CBI cases on Wednesday granted interim bail to Trimex Group chairman Koneru Prasad, arrested by CBI for alleged irregularities in the APIIC-Emaar Properties land deal, to enable him to visit Sabarimala as part of his 'Ayyappa deeksha'. Prasad, who is also the promoter of Stylish Homes Real Estate Pvt Ltd was earlier remanded in CBI custody (police custody) on two occasions after his arrest by the central agency on November 3 and was yesterday sent to judicial custody and lodged in Chanchalguda Jail here till November 18.

 


Prasad's counsel had moved a petition for interim bail for his client to enable him to complete his 'Ayyappa deeksha' at Sabarimala on November 17. While giving interim bail to Prasad on humanitarian grounds, the court today asked him to surrender himself before it on November 22 and deposit his passport and furnish personal bond of Rs 50,000. Prasad will be escorted by three policemen of Chanchalguda Jail during his visit to Sabarimala and was directed not to influence witnesses and tamper with evidence.

Stylish Homes Real Estate Pvt Ltd, one of the marketing agents for Emaar is accused of selling villas and plots at high rates though officially it was shown to have been done at much reduced rates. Koneru Prasad, is a key person in the Emaar case and instrumental in the APIIC-Emaar land deal and allegedly had a role on dilution of APIIC's equity and roping in its group company Emaar MGF Land Pvt Ltd as a co-developer for the township (built in Gachibowli here) which in turn resulted in reduction of stake and loss to Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC), the CBI had earlier alleged.

Modi Is Not Our PM: Owaisi

MIM is a recognized state political party based in the Indian state of Telangana, with its head office in the old city of Hyderabad, which has its roots in the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen founded in 1927. Unlike most of the regional and national level parties, MIM party leaders ‘fight’ only for the well-being of Muslims, whereas no other party has such communal feelings. In their each and every speech, MIM leaders speak only about Muslims. If these leaders are here to fight for Muslims, then why there are no development works are happening in old city area for decades. Akbaruddin Owaisi faced criticism for making hate remarks on Narendra Modi and Hindus. Recently, his elder brother Asaduddin Owaisi made some notorious annotations. In a one-on-one debate between BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi on the topic of demonetization in a popular Hindi channel, the former left no stone unturned in exposing the latter’s communal designs. Owaisi claimed how most of the Muslim community still remains unbanked and that demonetization has caused severe inconvenience to Muslims. He even went on to say that ATM’s in Muslim-dominated areas weren’t fed enough money. He indirectly alleged that the Modi government hadn’t done anything for Muslims. Even after being pressurized Owaisi didn’t call Narendra Modi as his Prime Minister. He went on said, “Your Prime Minister…” On the other hand, Sambit spoke wisely and called Owaisi a leader of small stature because he talked only of Muslims. He said that no area was Muslim or Hindu and that all areas belonged to India. Owaisi was constantly quoting an RBI report, to which Sambit challenged him to show where the RBI had used the word ‘Muslim’. Sambit even said that if a Muslim leader speaks of Muslims it’s not an issue, but the moment a VHP leader speaks of Hindus people go crazy accusing them of imposing the Hindutva ideology. The most amazing of his counters was to Owaisi’s claims of Muslims not having been brought into the banking system. Sambit said that when banks or ATMs are to be opened in Muslim areas leaders like Owaisi shout that banking is un-Islamic and that Muslims should refrain from it! This video of debate between Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi is going viral in social media.