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Mine allocation scam: CBI files additional charge sheet against Jagan

  • The CBI files additional charge sheet against YS Jaganmohan Reddy in a quid-pro-quo case.
  • The case pertains to mine and land allocations to Penna Group when Jagan's father, late Y S Rajasekhar Reddy, was the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.
  • Various companies and individuals made huge investments in Jagan's businesses when his father was the chief minister in return for favours from government, says CBI
Mine allocation case: CBI charge sheet  Jagan Reddy

The CBI has filed an additional charge sheet in the quid-pro-quo case involving YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy listing some former ministers of pre-bifurcation Andhra Pradesh and some retired government officials in it.

 

 CBI DIG V Chandrasekhar said the additional charge sheet, which was filed last week, names former ministers of (pre-bifurcation) Andhra Pradesh Dharmana Prasada Rao and Sabitha Indra Reddy, and some retired government officials among others as the accused.
 

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 The charge sheet pertains to mine and land allocations to Penna Group when Jagan's father, late Y S Rajasekhar Reddy, was the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh during 2004 to 2009.  The CBI has filed 11 charge sheets in the case and the trial is going on before a local CBI court.
 

Various companies and individuals made huge investments in Jagan's businesses when his father was the chief minister. These investments were quid pro quo for government favours such as land allotments, licenses, etc.: CBI 
 

 "The (additional) charge sheet pertains to the prospecting license for a mine given to Penna Group in Kurnool district in (Andhra Pradesh) and land allocation in Rangareddy district in (Telangana)," Chandrasekhar told PTI.

 

 According to CBI, various companies and individuals made huge investments in Jagan's businesses when his father was the chief minister. These investments were quid pro quo for government favours such as land allotments, licenses, etc, it says. The alleges that Jagan amassed huge wealth misusing the office of his late father.

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