HYDERABAD: Home minister questioned on GOs issued by her as mines minister allotting mines to cement companies which invested in Jagan firms
With the
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) stepping up its probe into the
alleged illegal assets case of Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, the focus
now seems to be on the ministers.
A
day after excise minister M Venkataramana was summoned, it was the turn
of home minister P Sabita Indra Reddy to face intense grilling on
Friday, for almost 3 hours, at her house by CBI in connection with
Jagan’s case.
According to sources, the
CBI sought to know how, while working as a minister for mines and
geology, Sabita Indra Reddy gave permissions to some cement companies
and whether rules were followed. The CBI also enquired about some cement
companies’ permissions which invested money in Jagan’s companies.
During
her tenure, 9 GOs were issued pertaining to allotment of mines to
cement companies which include India Cements, Dalmia and Penna Cements.
She was the third minister to be questioned in the Jagan’s illegal
assets case. Sources said she maintained that there was no wrongdoing on
her part in the issuance of GOs.
Sources
said that the CBI had grilled the home minister in order to submit a
report to the Supreme Court which had served notices to six ministers
and eight IAS officers a few months ago.
On
Thursday, the CBI had served a notice to minister Mopidevi
Venkataramana asking him to present himself before the agency on May 21
for questioning in connection with Jagan’s case.
The
Apex Court had earlier issued notices to 6 AP ministers and 8 senior
IAS officers, on a plea alleging that CBI was not proceeding against
them despite having sufficient evidence that they had helped Jagan in
accumulating illegal assets.
The court
issued notices to the ministers and bureaucrats on 26 Gos issued during
Rajasekhara Reddy’s tenure as CM. The ministers who got the notices are
Sabita Indra Reddy, J Geetha Reddy among others.
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