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CBI arrests ex-Andhra official in illegal mining case
Sunday November 13, 2011 11:25:51 AM,
IANS
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Hyderabad:
A former Andhra Pradesh government official has been arrested in
connection with the illegal mining case involving former Karnataka
minister G. Janardhana Reddy's mining firm, the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) said Sunday.
The CBI Saturday night arrested V.D. Rajagopal, who as then
director of mines allegedly favoured Obulapuram Mining Company
(OMC) by granting licences for iron ore mining in Anantapur
district bordering Karnataka.
The former official was taken into custody after he was questioned
till late Saturday night at the CBI office here.
Rajagopal will be produced before a magistrate later in the day.
He is the third accused to be arrested in the case registered by
the CBI against OMC in 2009.
The investigating agency had arrested Janardhana Reddy, and his
brother-in-law and OMC managing director B.V. Srinivas Reddy from
Bellary in Karnataka Sep 5. They are lodged at Chanchalguda
Central Jail here.
Rajagopal was questioned several times by the CBI in the last two
months regarding his role in granting leases and licenses to OMC
and other mining companies in violation of rules. He was director
mines from 2005 to 2010.
On Dec 7, 2009, the CBI had registered a case of cheating and
criminal conspiracy against OMC and others. They were booked under
various sections of the Indian Penal Code, Prevention of
Corruption Act, Indian Forest Act and Mines and Minerals
(Development and Regulation) Act.
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