Kadapa MP and YSRCP president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy filed bail plea in the Special CBI court this morning. Yesterday, the court had dismissed his petition seeking bail and remanded him to judicial custody till 11 June in his disproportionate assets case.
 
After spending a night in Chanchalguda jail, he filed a fresh petition in the court. The Kadapa MP, in his fresh petition filed today, has sought bail on the ground that he needed to campaign for the party in the ensuing byelections in 18 Assembly and 1 Lok Sabha constituency in the state. Terming his arrest as illegal, Jagan has alleged that he was arrested only to keep him away from the poll campaign. The court admitted the plea and posted it for hearing on Thursday, 31 May. It also directed the CBI to file counter by the next hearing.

Jagan Mohan Reddy's lawyers also sought permission from the Andhra Pradesh high court to file a petition challenging his arrest. With the vacation bench granting permission, the quash petition would be filed Wednesday. The CBI also sought permission to file a petition seeking Jagan's custody for 14 days. The investigating agency has moved the high court after the CBI court on Monday dismissed its petition. The CBI will also file its petition in the high court seeking Jagan's custody.