Bellary (Karnataka): A CBI team on Sunday today arried
out searches in the office of the Obulapuram Mining Company,
owned by Reddy brothers, here, and seized files and CDs,
police said.
This is the second such operation by the investigating
agency at the OMC`s office here - the first being on December
10, 2009.
The 11-member team broke open the office lock to carry out
the searches in the wee hours and seized four hard discs,
three computers and numerous files and CDs, police said.
The CBI, probing alleged illegal mining and irregularities
in allotment of mining leases to OMC, had arrested one of the
three Reddy brothers, Janardhana Reddy and his brother-in-law
and OMC Managing Director Srinivas Reddy on September 5 from
Bellary.
The two are under judicial custody till October 3 and
lodged at Chanchalguda Central Prison in Hyderabad.
The Supreme Court on September 23 asked the CBI to probe
the "linkage" between mining activities in Bellary district
and Ananthpur in Andhra Pradesh allegedly involving the Reddy
brothers.
PTI
