Judicial custody of suspended IAS officer Y Srilakshmi, an accused in the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) scam, is set to end on Monday. Srilakshmi surrendered on Thursday before a special Central Bureau Investigation (CBI) court in following the expiry of her interim bail in the scam that also involves former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy. ...
09:29 AM, Mar 25, 2013
Hyderabad: A special CBI court in Hyderabad on Monday dismissed the bail plea of mining baron and former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, an accused in the illegal mining case involving his Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC). This was the sixth bail petition of Gali Janardhan Reddy since his arrest in the OMC scam in September last year, which was again dismissed on Monday. Janardhan Reddy, a sitting MLC from Karnataka,...
04:43 AM, Nov 27, 2012
Hyderabad: Two more judges - Justice D Prabhakar and Justice K Laxminarsimha Rao - have been suspended by the Andhra Pradesh High Court for their alleged involvement in granting bail to mining scam accused and former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) minister Gali Janardhan Reddy. Justice D Prabhakar and Justice K Laxminarsimha Rao and have also been arrested by the Andhra Pradesh Anti-Corruption Bureau. Earlier Justice Pattabhi Raman Rao had been...
11:41 AM, Jul 12, 2012
Bangalore: A CBI court on Tuesday extended till April 27 the judicial custody of former Karnataka Minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy and his personal assistant Mehfuz Ali Khan, arrested in connection with an illegal mining case. Additional Civil and Sessions Court Judge and CBI special court judge B M Angadi passed the order after CBI moved an application seeking extension of custody. Reddy and Khan, lodged in Bangalore...
02:26 PM, Apr 17, 2012
Bangalore: A CBI court on Tuesday extended till April 7 the judicial custody of former Karnataka Minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy and his personal assistant Mehfuz Ali Khan, arrested in connection with an illegal mining case. Additional Civil and Sessions Court Judge and CBI special court judge B M Angadi passed the order after CBI moved an application seeking extension of the custody. Associated Mining Corporation (AMC) and...
03:12 PM, Apr 03, 2012
New Delhi: Former Karnataka leader G Janardhana Reddy's custody ends on Tuesday. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and mining baron has been in jail since he was arrested in connection with an illegal mining scam in September, 2011. The CBI in its chargesheet in the Bellary illegal mining case had charged Gali Janardhan Reddy, Srinivasa Reddy, VD Rajagopal and the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) under sections 120-B, 409, 420,...
09:47 AM, Apr 03, 2012
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
Bellary: CBI court officials on Saturday visited the residence of former Karnataka minister G Janardhana Reddy in connection with the chargesheet that has been filed against him in the illegal mining case involving his firm Obulapuram Mining Company. The five-member team examined the details of the properties and assets owned by the minister which have been mentioned in the chargesheet, CBI sources said. On December 3, CBI filed the chargesheet...
11:14 PM, Jan 28, 2012
New Delhi: A special CBI court in Hyderabad is likely to hear the Obulapuram illegal mining case against Gali Janardhana Reddy on Wednesday. The former Karnataka Minister and three others will be produced in court as their custody ends on Wednesday. The CBI earlier filed the chargesheet in the Bellary illegal mining case. Filing the chargesheet in the CBI special court, the apex investigation agency has charged Gali Janardhan Reddy,...
06:19 AM, Jan 25, 2012
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
Hyderabad: Opposing the fresh bail pleas of former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy and his brother-in-law BV Srinivas Reddy, the CBI on Friday alleged that the two were main culprits in the OMC mining scam. The CBI, which filed its written submissions against the bail pleas in the special court, contended that further investigation in the Obulapuram Mining Company case was underway, and witnesses were under round-the-clock protection. "The role...
10:49 PM, Dec 16, 2011
Hyderabad: Former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy chargesheeted in the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) "scam" again moved a local court seeking bail on Tuesday, the fourth time since his arrest on September 5. Janardhana Reddy, who owns the OMC, in his fresh bail plea filed in the Special Court for CBI cases in Hyderabad contended that investigation against him has been completed and a chargesheet filed in...
07:49 AM, Dec 14, 2011
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
Hyderabad: A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court on Friday granted bail to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) official Y. Srilakshmi in the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) illegal mining case, a day after she was sent to judicial custody. The company belongs to former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy, arrested from Bellary in Karnataka Sep 5. Special Court Judge B. Naga Maruti Sarma directed Srilakshmi, under suspension, to give two...
05:19 PM, Dec 02, 2011
New Delhi: Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) Director D Rajshekhar has been arrested in the Bellary illegal mining case on Friday morning. He is the brother-in-law of VD Rajagopal who is already in CBI custody in the same case. The CBI arrested VD Rajagopal, the former vice-chairman and managing director (in-charge) of Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation on November 13 Rajagopal is the third person to be arrested in the OMC...
11:53 AM, Dec 02, 2011
Hyderabad: Senior IAS officer Y Srilakshmi has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday on charges of abusing her official position and granting favours in the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) case involving former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy. Srilakshmi was the Secretary, Industries and Mining during the YSR regime and is charged with allotting licences to Obulapuram Mining Corporation, by flouting rules. She was being questioned...
11:10 AM, Nov 29, 2011
Hyderabad: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested senior IAS officer Y Srilakshmi on charges of abusing her official position and granting favours in the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) case involving former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy. She was arrested for role in the criminal conspiracy, for abusing the official position and thereby granting favours to OMC (owned by Gali Janardhan Reddy), said CBI Joint Director (Hyderabad Zone)...
09:56 PM, Nov 28, 2011
Hyderabad: Taking the probe into activities of Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) a step ahead, the CBI on Sunday arrested VD Rajagopal, the former vice-chairman and managing director (in-charge) of Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation. Rajagopal was arrested under various sections of IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act, said CBI Joint Director (Hyderabad Zone) VV Lakshmi Narayana. Rajagopal is the third person to be arrested in the OMC case, after former...
05:56 PM, Nov 13, 2011
Hyderabad: A former Andhra Pradesh government official has been arrested in connection with the illegal mining case involving former Karnataka minister G Janardhana Reddy's mining firm, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on Sunday. The CBI on Saturday night arrested VD Rajagopal, who as then director of mines allegedly favoured Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) by granting licences for iron ore mining in Anantapur district bordering Karnataka. The former official...
09:58 AM, Nov 13, 2011
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
