Hyderabad: A local court on Friday granted conditional bail to former Andhra Pradesh Minister Bhuma Akhila Priya who was arrested in connection with the kidnapping of a former badminton player and his two brothers from here over a land dispute.
She should present herself before the police as per the bail conditions. Akhila Priya, who was a Minister in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh during the previous TDP regime, was arrested earlier this month in connection with the kidnapping.
A group of around 15 people, posing as Income Tax sleuths with fake search warrants, entered the house of Praveen at Bowenpally on the night of January 5 under the pretext of conducting a raid and abducted him and his two brothers after confining their other family members to a room.
The abductors took Praveen and his brothers to a farmhouse but later abandoned them at Narsingi here in the early hours of January 6 after police intensified a search for them. Police rescued the trio from there.
PTI
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