Andhra Pradesh liquor scam: CID police file chargesheet in ACB Special Court
Investigation officers had so far arrested 11 persons. They included Kessireddy Rajashekar Reddy, former IT Adviser to former Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy; K. Dhanunjaya Reddy, Secretary in the Chief Minister's Office; Krishna Mohan Reddy, Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to then Chief Minister; director of Bharati Cements Balaji Govindappa, former MLA Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy, Rajashekar Reddy's personal assistant Dilip Kumar, Chanikya, and Sajjala Sridhar Reddy.
In the chargesheet, the SIT mentioned about key issues, including seizure of cash from the bank accounts of the accused, evidences gathered, confessional statements, details of the witnesses, and remand reports of the accused.
The police also mentioned about the involvement of 40 accused, including officers of the A.P. State Beverages Corporation Limited, Prohibition and Excise, YSR Congress Party leaders, and public representatives in the scam.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had filed a case under the Money Laundering Act in the multi-crore scam and took up investigation. The police also searched the premises of the accused in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Meanwhile, the SIT summoned former Deputy Chief Minister and former Excise Minister K. Narayana Swamy on July 21 (Monday).
SIT's Additional Superintendent of Police asked Mr. Narayana Swamy, to appear before the police at 10 a.m. on that day as part investigation of the liquor scam.
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