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Congress leader seeks CBI probe against Andhra
chief minister
Thursday March 22, 2012 08:33:23 PM,
IANS
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Hyderabad: In a
dramatic development, Congress leader P. Shankar Rao has filed a
petition in the Andhra Pradesh High Court seeking a Central Bureau
of Investigation (CBI) probe against Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar
Reddy in what he described as the "red sander scam".
The former minister also wants a probe against state Forest
Minister S. Vijayarama Raju and 12 others, including top
officials.
Red sander, found mostly in southern India, is a hard fragrant
timber and is in huge demand in several countries.
Shankar Rao, who was dropped from the state cabinet in January,
alleged that the chief minister issued three orders for export of
2,022 tonnes of red sander in violation of the central
government's ban on its export.
He claimed that it is a Rs.500 crore scam and the three government
orders benefited relatives of the chief minister and a company
from Singapore.
The petition is likely to come up for hearing Monday.
This is the first time that a Congress leader has made allegations
of corruption against the chief minister and has even approached
the high court.
It was on the basis of a letter written by Shankar Rao that the
high court had last year ordered a CBI probe into the alleged
illegal assets of Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, son of late chief
minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy.
Another of his letters was also treated as a writ petition and the
court ordered CBI investigation into the Emaar-APIIC township
scam.
Both the cases are under investigation and the CBI has also made
some arrests.
Shankar Rao had last year also filed a petition seeking probe into
allegations of corruption against Home Minister Sabita Indra Reddy
and Excise Minister Mopidevi Venkatramna but the plea was
dismissed by the court.
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