AP Liquor Scam: ED Arrests Prime Accused Raj Kesireddy In Hyderabad
The ED sleuths launched raids in connection with the multi-crore scam and searched the houses of Kesireddy and six other accused since this morning
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuth arrested prime accused Raj Kesireddy at his residence in Nanakramguda in Hyderabad, for his alleged involvement in the Rs 3,200 crore AP Liquor scam.
The ED sleuths launched raids in connection with the multi-crore scam and searched the houses of Kesireddy and six other accused since this morning. Raids are underway at AP Beverages former MD Vasudeva Reddy, his relative Narasimha Reddy's houses and offices.
The ED identified that thousands of crores were swindled through hawala and money laundering in the scam. The house and office of former minister Karumuri Nageswara Rao were also raided.
After the preliminary investigation into the scam during the YSRC regime, the ED sleuths registered charges under PMLA, and then under the Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) and began investigation.
Over 33 people were identified as accused in the case.
The accused included Raj Kesireddy, YSRC MP Peddireddy Midhun Reddy, former YSRC leader Vijayasai Reddy, retired IAS officer Dhanunjaya Reddy who worked as the CMO secretary, former CM Y.S. Jana Mohan Reddy's OSD Krishnamohan Reddy, Bharati Cements Full-time director Govindappa Balaji, APSBCL former MD D. Vasudeva Reddy, special officer Satya Reddy, YSRC Agro Industries former director Sajjala Sridhar Reddy, Kesireddy's relative Muppidi Avinash REddy, and their followers Buneti Chanakya, T. Kiran Kumar Reddy, Saif Ahmed and the management of several shell companies through which the money was routed to foreign countries.
