HYDERABAD: Arguments on the petition filed by the CBI opposing bail to former APMDC director VD Rajagopal, an accused in the illegal mining case, concluded in the High Court on Wednesday.Justice NRL Nageswara Rao reserved his orders till December 26. The Special Court for CBI cases had granted bail to Rajagopal last week but suspended its order after a CBI plea.CBI's counsel Kesava Rao urged the High Court not to release the accused as he would influence and threaten the witnesses. “Grant of bail to the accused would jeopardise the ongoing investigation. The CBI wants to complete the probe at the earliest but the magnitude of the case has forced it to take more time. The ill-gotten wealth running into thousands of crores of rupees has to be recovered.,'' he said.Rajagopal's counsel Padmanabha Reddy wondered if his client had no right to get bail till completion of the investigation. Already, a charge sheet was filed and the CBI itself had stated that no irregularities had taken place in extraction of ore at but its probe related to illegal transportation of iron ore.
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