The family of Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday alleged that there is an “undeniable and immediate threat” to his life in jail.
“I am deeply concerned for my husband’s well-being, as the Govt of Andhra Pradesh has failed to provide him with the timely medical care he urgently needs while he remains in prison. He has already lost 5 kg weight, and any further weight loss could have severe consequences for his kidneys. The overhead water tanks are unsanitary and pose a serious health risk. These dire circumstances create a clear and immediate threat to my husband’s life,” said Naidu’s wife Nara Bhuvaneswari.
Naidu’s son and Telugu Desam Party General Secretary Nara Lokesh in social media post alleged that his father had lost weight and is suffering from allergies.
The authorities are not providing him timely medical assistance, Lokesh alleged. “The GoAP [Government of Andhra Pradesh] is trying to administer steroids to him,” he wrote.
On September 9, the Andhra Pradesh Crime Investigation Department arrested Naidu over his alleged involvement in siphoning off approximately Rs 371 crore belonging to the Skill Development Corporation through fictitious companies when he was the state’s chief minister. He is currently under judicial remand in the Rajamahendravaram central prison.
The investigating agency has also named Naidu as an accused in three other cases.
Naidu on Friday told the Supreme Court that the state government was implicating him in different cases at a time when elections are round the corner but the state said that it cannot put “blinkers” to his misdeeds when he was governing the state.
