Hyderabad: The politics behind Red Sanders smuggling took a new turn with the AP government suspending G. Uday Kumar, the former chief of the special task force who was earlier the chief security officer of Chief Minister Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy. Uday Kumar’s transfer a few weeks after the TD emerged victorious in the elections become controversial as he booked three TD leaders under the PD Act. After his transfer to the CID it was alleged by the opposition that most of the smugglers arrested under the PD Act were linked to the YSRC.
It is also alleged by the TD that absconding smuggler Gangi Reddy and other Red Sanders smugglers funded the YSRC during the polls. When Uday Kumar was working in the task force the Chittoor collector issued orders against smugglers M. Reddy Narayana, Chappidi Mahesh Naidu, Gangi Reddy, Vijayanand Reddy and Bhaskar Naidu under the PD Act. revention Detection Act. Most of them except Gangi Reddy and Vijayanand Reddy are allegedly associated with the TD. Around 20 smugglers were booked under the PD Act after Uday's transfer and all of them except two are having alleged links with the YSRC.
DGP J.V. Ramudu said, "We had a complaint against the two officials. The probe was going on. There is an allegation of delay in filing the FIR. Without the help of officials the smugglers can't do that at the international level. There is a strong nexus between smugglers and officials."
