Andhra Chief Minister's Sister Hints At 'Political Motive' In Uncle's Murder

YS Sharmila, the sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, was named by the CBI as one of the witnesses in the murder of her uncle and former minister YS Vivekananda Reddy.

YS Sharmila, who was named by the CBI as one of the witnesses in her uncle and former minister YS Vivekananda Reddy murder case, hinted that the murder could have been done for political reasons. Ms Sharmila is the sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. 

The CBI, which is probing the case, named YSR Congress Party Kadapa MP YS Avinash Reddy and his father YS Bhaskar Reddy as accused number eight and seven respectively in the second supplementary final report filed in local CBI court on June 30.

"He (Vivekananda Reddy) was not murdered for any financial or personal reasons but it was a big reason to murder him. It was political in my view," the CBI report quoted Ms Sharmila as saying.