Telangana: Fresh chargesheet now against ex ministers in Penna Cement case
The CBI has alleged that the former ministers were responsible for facilitating the deal between the Penna Group and Mr Reddy.
Hyderabad: Officials from the Central Bureau of Investigation on Saturday filed a supplementary chargesheet against former minister Dharmana Prasad Rao, Sabitha Indira Reddy and three others in the Penna Cement case — part of the illegal investments case involving YSRC president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.
The CBI has alleged that the former ministers were responsible for facilitating the deal between the Penna Group and Mr Reddy.
The investigating officials said several irregularities had taken place in the allotment and lease of 304 hectares of limestone mine in Kurnool district and the restoration of cancelled limestone mining leases of 822 acres in Tandu to the Penna Cement Industries.
In the earlier chargesheets, CBI had alleged that Penna group MD, Prathap Reddy, had paid bribes to Jagan Mohan Reddy in the guise of investments in his companies.