CBI court orders probe against Telugu Desam’s candidate, Galla Jayadev

Hyderabad: Industrialist and Telugu Desam’s Lok Sabha candidate from Guntur Galla Jayadev is going to face a CBI probe now.

On Tuesday, Principal Special Judge for CBI cases at Nampally ordered the probe into the part played by former minister Galla Aruna Kumari and her family members, including her son Mr Jayadev, in the Emaar scam.

The court ordered that an FIR be booked against certain members of the Galla family and IAS officials V. Seshadri, the then Ranga Reddy collector, and C.V.S.K. Sharma, the former GHMC commissioner, based on the private complaint lodged by one Purushottam Naidu.

The key allegation against the Galla family is that they encroached on 2.2 acres of prime government land in Nanakramguda that was handed over to the APIIC for the Emaar township project.

Counsel of the complainant A. Chetan said, “The court issued orders to issue FIR and conduct probe into the complaint filed by my client regarding the Galla family’s involvement in the Emaar scam.”