Is Jaganmohan Reddy next in line to be arrested?

NEW DELHI: YSR Congress president and Kadapa MP Jaganmohan Reddy could be next in the CBI net after suspected links to arrested Karnataka BJP leader and mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy, sources in the agency said.

The sources claimed CBI had been incriminating evidence against ex-AP CM Y S Rajasekhara Reddy's son in the assets case that the agency was ordered to probe by the HC.

Jagan's arrest could come this week itself as the session of Parliament ends on September 8 and the CBI can avoid seeking permission of the Lok Sabha speaker to arrest him.

Jaganmohan Reddy accused the Congress of using CBI to victimize him, landing in the Capital on Monday to canvass support among political parties on a day the investigating agency arrested mining magnate Janardhana Reddy of Bellary.

Jagan denied any business links with the Reddy brothers of Karnataka who were ministers in the B S Yeddyurappa government till last month.

Jagan is facing a clutch of CBI cases on a high court order. He quit the party following a high-voltage rebellion and launched YSR Congress, winning the by-election to Lok Sabha seat of Kadapa.

He told reporters that he had come to meet political parties to apprise them of how Congress was using CBI to victimize him. He thanked BJP and leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj for backing him. Swaraj has accused the Centre of misusing CBI, saying Jagan was an honourable MP till he left the party.

The young MP met Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav to apprise him about the CBI probe while he also met a few other leaders in Parliament. He is expected to meet more leaders to lobby support during his three-day stay.