HYDERABAD: The CBI’s bailiffs finally caught up with Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy early Monday morning and served the summons of the special CBI court in the illegal assets case against him. The Kadapa MP was having breakfast with close associates at St John’s College in Yemmiganur when a CBI DSP finally slipped through the cordon to perform the task assigned to him.The MP reportedly received the summons without a word and signed on the copy.Tucking into idlis with Jagan at the time were the renegade TDP MLA from Mantralayam, Y Balanagi Reddy, his brother Sai Prasad Reddy, a former Congress MLA from Adoni.On tour for the upcoming byelections, Jagan had been provided board at the college overnight. Having tailed the MP for several days, the CBI men waited through the night for an opportune time to serve the summons on their quarry. Expecting juicy footage, the TV crews waited along but decided to call it a day at 2.30 a.m. The CBI sleuths caught a nap and then sprang the notice on the breakfasters, eager to get the job done before the roadshow began to roll again at 10 a.m. Having received the summons, Jagan went ahead with his tour, making no mention of the summons in any of his speeches. Jagan, or his counsel, will now have to show up in court at 10.30 a.m. on May 28. Meanwhile in other action on the Jagan Mohan front, the special CBI court dismissed petitions filed by his media companies to lift the freeze on their bank accounts. Dismissing the petitions filed by Jagati Publications, Indira Television and Janani Infrastructure, first additional special court judge T Pattabhirama Rao said the Jagan case was still in a pre-trial stage, and the issue of whether the monies parked in them are legal or illegal would be known only after the trial is over. Therefore, a defreeze was not called for. The counsel for Jagati said his client would go to a higher court.The Jagan companies were active in the High Court too, filing four writ petitions challenging the state government’s decision to stop ads to them. The petitions are likely to come up for hearing before a vacation court Wednesday.
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