Andhra: How the bail bribe case was cracked

Andhra: How the bail bribe case was cracked Hyderabad: A CBI team led by joint director VV Lakshminarayana knocked on the door of first additional CBI judge T Pattabhirama Rao's Banjara Hills residence last month, and asked for the keys to his bank lockers. Taken aback, the judge allegedly sputtered, "Keys? What keys? What are you talking about?" The judge has been accused of accepting Rs 2 crore from aides of Gali Janardhan Reddy for giving bail to...
12:55 PM, Jun 02, 2012

AP: CBI judge faces arrest in bribery scandal

AP: CBI judge faces arrest in bribery scandal Hyderabad: A trial court judge in Andhra Pradesh has been implicated in a bribery scandal involving mining baron Janardhan Reddy, who reportedly struck a deal with the former for bail. Judge Pattabhi Rama Rao now faces arrest after the Andhra Pradesh High Court gave sanction to the CBI to prosecute him. Sources say that the CBI got information that a deal worth Rs 6 crore had been struck between Reddy...
08:36 AM, Jun 02, 2012

Andhra HC orders prosecution of CBI judge

Andhra HC orders prosecution of CBI judge Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday granted permission to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to prosecute First Additional Special Judge for CBI cases T Pattabhirama Rao. He was suspended on Thursday by the Andhra Pradesh Chief Justice for alleged irregularities. The CBI is expected to register a case soon. The CBI has claimed that a deal of Rs 6 crore was struck between former Karnataka minister Gali...
08:41 PM, Jun 01, 2012

Karnataka illegal mining: No bail to Reddy

Karnataka illegal mining: No bail to Reddy Bangalore: A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Wednesday dismissed the bail pleas of former Karnataka minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy, his personal assistant Mehfuz Ali Khjan and three others arrested in connection with an illegal mining case involving Associated Mining Corporation. Judge B M Angadi dismissed the petitions on the ground that the accused had committed an economic offence of "high magnitude affecting the very economy...
04:48 PM, May 30, 2012

Illegal mining: Karnataka ex-minister gets bail

Illegal mining: Karnataka ex-minister gets bail Hyderabad: Hyderabad court on Friday granted conditional bail to former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy in the OMC illegal mining case. Associated Mining Corporation (AMC) and Deccan Mining Syndicate (DMC) owned by Reddy and his wife Aruna Lakshmi have been facing probe over charges of illegal mining. Additional Civil and Sessions Court judge BM Angadi had remanded Reddy to custody after CBI moved an application in this regard. Former minister...
05:34 PM, May 11, 2012

Illegal mining: Karnataka ex-minister gets bail

Illegal mining: Karnataka ex-minister gets bail Hyderabad: Hyderabad court on Friday granted conditional bail to former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy in the OMC illegal mining case. Associated Mining Corporation (AMC) and Deccan Mining Syndicate (DMC) owned by Reddy and his wife Aruna Lakshmi have been facing probe over charges of illegal mining. Additional Civil and Sessions Court judge BM Angadi had remanded Reddy to custody after CBI moved an application in this regard. Former minister...
05:34 PM, May 11, 2012

Illegal mining: IAS officer chargesheeted in OMC case

Illegal mining: IAS officer chargesheeted in OMC case Hyderabad: The CBI on Friday filed a supplementary chargesheet in the illegal mining case involving Obulapuram Mining Company of former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, naming suspended IAS officer Yerra Srilakshmi as a co-conspirator. Srilakshmi has been charged with criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust and causing wrongful gain (to OMC) under the Indian Penal Code, as well as with offences under Prevention of Corruption Act. The agency, however, also...
08:44 PM, Mar 30, 2012

K'taka: CBI issues summons to Reddy's close aide

K'taka: CBI issues summons to Reddy's close aide Bellary: The CBI on Thursday issued summons to owner of a logistics company and mining baron Janardhan Reddy's close aide, Swastik Nagarj, in connection with its ongoing probe into illegal mining in Karnataka to appear before it in Bangalore within a week. "Summons have been issued to Swastik Logistics in connection with illegal mining case," CBI sources said in Bellary. Summons have also been issued to 12 other logistics companies...
05:06 AM, Mar 30, 2012

Illegal mining: Reddy's judicial custody ends today

Illegal mining: Reddy's judicial custody ends today New Delhi: Mining baron and former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy's judicial custody ends on Saturday. The CBI has asked the special Bangalore court to extend Reddy's custody. Reddy is the prime accused in the illegal mining case. Associated Mining Corporation (AMC) and Deccan Mining Syndicate (DMC) owned by Reddy and his wife Aruna Lakshmi have been facing probe over charges of illegal mining. Additional Civil and Sessions Court judge...
06:43 AM, Mar 24, 2012

Lawyers attack journalists near Bangalore court

Lawyers attack journalists near Bangalore court Bangalore: A huge ruckus was created outside a court complex in Bangalore on Friday as lawyers and mediapersons gathered there engaged in a scuffle. The lawyers reportedly barred the entry of journalists to the City Civil Court complex saying the media portrayed them in bad light. The incident happened just after former BJP leader Janardhan Reddy was produced in court in connection with the illegal mining case. Witnesses said that...
12:52 PM, Mar 02, 2012

Illegal mining: Court remands Reddy till Mar 12

Illegal mining: Court remands Reddy till Mar 12 Bangalore: Amid tight security, former Karnataka Tourism Minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy was on Friday produced before a special CBI court in Bangalore which remanded him to CBI custody till March 12 in connection with an illegal mining case. Reddy and 20 others are facing charges for their alleged involvement in illegal mining, over which the CBI had filed an FIR against them in October last. Reddy was...
12:13 PM, Mar 02, 2012

Illegal mining: Reddy to appear before court

Illegal mining: Reddy to appear before court New Delhi: Former Karnataka Tourism Minister G Janardhan Reddy of the BJP is likely to be produced in a CBI court in Bangalore on Friday. Reddy, along with his brother-in-law, has been in jail since their arrest in September 2011 over his alleged involvement in an illegal mining case. Reddy was taken to Bangalore on Thursday by road amid heavy security in the wake of the warrant issued by a...
10:28 AM, Mar 02, 2012

OMC earned Rs 4,300 cr from illegal mining: CBI

OMC earned Rs 4,300 cr from illegal mining: CBI Hyderabad: The Obulapuram Mining Company Pvt Ltd (OMCPL), owned by former Karnataka minister G Janardhan Reddy, earned over Rs 4,300 crore from illegally selling iron ore, the CBI's chargesheet says. The central agency, probing into the allegations of illegal mining and irregularities committed in allotment of mining leases to OMCPL in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh, filed the chargesheet against OMCPL, Janardhan Reddy, his brother-in-law and the firm's Managing Director...
03:36 AM, Jan 06, 2012

Bellary illegal mining: CBI files chargesheet

Bellary illegal mining: CBI files chargesheet New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed the chargesheet in the Bellary illegal mining case on Saturday. Filing the chargesheet in the CBI special court, the apex investigation agency has charged Gali Janardhan Reddy, Sreenivasa Reddy, VD Rajagopal and the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) under sections 120-B, 409, 420, 468,471 of the IPC and under 13(2) r\w 13(1)(d) of PC Act, 1988. The CBI arrested OMC Director D...
11:00 AM, Dec 03, 2011

Reddys seek special class status in prison

Reddys seek special class status in prison Hyderabad: Mining baron and former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy and Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) Managing Director BV Srinivas Reddy, arrested in connection with an alleged illegal mining case, on Monday moved the special court seeking 'special class prisoner status'. The duo, arrested from Bellary in Karnataka by CBI, which is probing alleged illegal mining and irregularities in allotment of mining leases to OMC, have been remanded in judicial custody...
11:33 PM, Oct 31, 2011
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