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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Illegally stored gas cylinders seized
Thane (PTI): Authorities have seized illegally stored 1,839 gas cylinders and seven vehicles worth over Rs 67 lakh in the Dombivli MIDC area of Thane district, officials said on Saturday.
A special vigilance team of the Mumbai Rationing Department detected an illegal storage of domestic and commercial LPG cylinders in Phase-2 of Dombivli (East).
Cylinders belonging to multiple gas agencies were found stockpiled in closed vehicles, unauthorised warehouses, and open sheds without mandatory permissions from the Explosives Department, Fire Department, or oil companies, according to an official release.
