The CBI on Saturday filed a charge sheet in a special court in the illegal mining case involving Obulapuram Mining Company owned by former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy.
The charge sheet was filed against Janardhana Reddy, his brother-in-law BV Srinivas Reddy (also the managing director of the mining company) and against former director of mines and geology (Andhra Pradesh) V D Rajagopal and OMC, CBI joint director (Hyderabad Zone) VV Lakshmi Narayana said.
The Reddys, who were arrested on September 5 from Bellary in Karnataka, are presently in judicial custody and lodged in the Chanchalguda Central Prison here along with Rajagopal, who was arrested subsequently.
They have been charged under sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servant), 420 (cheating), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating) and Section 471 (using as genuine a forged document or electronic record) of IPC. OMC is accused of changing mining lease boundary markings between Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, and indulging in illegal mining in the Bellary Reserve Forest area.
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Probe ordered against Krishna, 2 other ex-CMs
A Lokayukta court in Bangalore on Saturday ordered an investigation into a private complaint that accuses three former chief ministers of Karnataka, including external affairs minister SM Krishna, of being responsible for actions that led to illegal mining in the state during their tenures.
