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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Moodbidri Police Inspector accused of sexual harassment; Panambur ACP to investigate
Mangaluru: The City Police Commissioner has directed the Mangaluru (North) Assistant Commissioner of Police to investigate a complaint filed by the wife of a man arrested by Moodbidri Police accusing the station inspector on grounds of sexual harassment.
The complainant’s husband has reportedly been arrested for embezzling money, with Moodbidri Police filing a case against him. The wife has now said that Moodbidri Police Station Inspector Sandesh BG told her that he would produce a rowdy-sheet against her husband unless she had sex with him and paid him Rs 25 lakh.
Several TV channels are also learned to have carried the news of her complaint on Monday. The officers of the State Women’s Commission, who noticed the news, reportedly approached the City Police Commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy and requested him to get the matter probed.
Speaking to reporters, Reddy denied having received any complaint filed by a woman against the Moodbidri Inspector. “We will probe the matter and take immediate action upon receiving any such complaint. In the backdrop of the alleged complaint filed against the Moodbidri Inspector, I have directed Panambur ACP Shrikanth to investigate and submit a report. Immediate legal action will be taken as soon as we get the report,” he said.
The senior officer further said, “The complainant is not on good terms with her sister and has also accused the inspector of having been biased in favour of her sister. The matter is in court but we have taken no action against the inspector since he has been carrying out his duties diligently.”
The Commissioner also clarified that, while the woman showed a video clip of the Moodbidri Inspector jumping a wall, the Police Department is unable to take action until the owner of the house files a complaint in the matter.
Reddy added that the complainant had not produced any audio clip as evidence.
