Illegal mining case: Janardhana Reddy close aid Srinivas Reddy arrested
Bengaluru, October 03: Lokayukta Special Investigation Team (SIT) arrested B.V. Srinivas Reddy, one of the close associates of former minister G. Janardhana Reddy in related to illegal mining case and interrogated him.
In a press release, SIT IGP M. Chandrashekar said that as per the 2015 case, mining contractors G. Janardhana Reddy, KM Ali Khan and others hatched out a conspiracy and prevailed upon N. Sheik Saab of the Indian Mines and Minerals and started illegal mining at Siddapura village in Sandur taluk of Ballary district.
Because of the pressure, Sheik Saab appointed Devi Enterprises of K.M. Ali Khan as partner with 75 per cent shares and completely handed over his Indian Mines and Minerals mining contract to them. This illegal mining, illegal transportation of iron ore and illegal business had caused great loss to the State Exchequer. Apart from this, they were facing illegal transportation of more than 1.48 lakh metric ton iron ore in July 2009 from the mining area.
Srinivas Reddy is the owner of the OMC and he had extracted the iron ore illegally and transported it. Based on this allegation, the SIT arrested him and interrogated, the press release said.
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.
A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.
He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.
During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.
Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.
As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.
