Hyderabad: Court Extends Reddys' Judicial Custody till Oct 17
Daijiworld Media Network
Hyderabad, Oct 3: A special court here on Monday October 3 extended the judicial custody of former Karnataka tourism minister Janardhana Reddy and his brother-in-law Srinivas Reddy till October 17.
The Reddys were arrested by the CBI on September 5 from Bellary for their alleged involvement in the Andhra illegal mining scam. They were brought to Hyderabad the same day and remanded in judicial custody till September 19, followed by CBI custody for six days. On September 30, the court declined to extend the CBI custody.
The order came based on the plea made by CBI to extend the judicial custody of both the Reddys.
The accused were kept away from the court for security reasons, and the hearing was through video conferencing between the court and Chanchalguda Central Jail, where the two are lodged.
Earlier in the day, the CBI conducted raids in the Bellary houses of Reddy's associates. Janardhana Reddy's wife's office too was raided and several documents were seized.
CBI teams were also raiding houses of some Karnataka forest department officials in Davangere and Chitradurga districts neibhouring Bellary in search of evidence on the extent of illegal mining by the Reddys, it is learnt.