CBI wants to put Mopidevi on trial

May 18, 2012 - S.A. ISHAQUI |

Hyderabad

Tags:

mopidevi-venkatramana_7.jpg.crop_display.jpg

The Central Bureau of Investigation is understood to have sought sanction from the state government to prosecute excise minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana in the Vanpic land deal — a sub-plot of the Jagan Mohan Reddy illegal assets case — even as it issued summons to him for the second time on Thursday. The CBI wants Mr Ramana to appear at Dilsukha guest house for questioning on May 21. He was subjected to day-long grilling by the CBI on March 21.

Mr Ramana, minister for investments, ports and infrastructure in the Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy government, issued GOs to allot land to the Vanpic project of Mr Nimmagadda Prasad, who was arrested on Monday. Sources said that the investigation agency had found discrepancies in certain GOs; one of the GO is said to be undated.

CBI got proof on Mopidevi after Prasad arrest
Following Nimmagadda Prasad’s arrest, CBI sources said they had found clinching evidence against excise minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana in the Vanpic land deal. “To prove the case of quid pro quo investments by Prasad into Jagan’s companies, the prosecution of the minister is essential,” the sources said. Sources said the alleged role of Mr Ramana in the Vanpic deal had been brought to the notice of the state government. The CBI has to obtain sanction to prosecute Mr Ramana from the state government under Section 197 of the CrPC.

Post new comment

<form action="/comment/reply/152732" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="post" id="comment-form"> <div><div class="form-item" id="edit-name-wrapper"> <label for="edit-name">Your name: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label> <input type="text" maxlength="60" name="name" id="edit-name" size="30" value="Reader" class="form-text required" /> </div> <div class="form-item" id="edit-mail-wrapper"> <label for="edit-mail">E-Mail Address: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label> <input type="text" maxlength="64" name="mail" id="edit-mail" size="30" value="" class="form-text required" /> <div class="description">The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.</div> </div> <div class="form-item" id="edit-comment-wrapper"> <label for="edit-comment">Comment: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label> <textarea cols="60" rows="15" name="comment" id="edit-comment" class="form-textarea resizable required"></textarea> </div> <fieldset class=" collapsible collapsed"><legend>Input format</legend><div class="form-item" id="edit-format-1-wrapper"> <label class="option" for="edit-format-1"><input type="radio" id="edit-format-1" name="format" value="1" class="form-radio" /> Filtered HTML</label> <div class="description"><ul class="tips"><li>Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.</li><li>Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd></li><li>Lines and paragraphs break automatically.</li></ul></div> </div> <div class="form-item" id="edit-format-2-wrapper"> <label class="option" for="edit-format-2"><input type="radio" id="edit-format-2" name="format" value="2" checked="checked" class="form-radio" /> Full HTML</label> <div class="description"><ul class="tips"><li>Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.</li><li>Lines and paragraphs break automatically.</li></ul></div> </div> </fieldset> <input type="hidden" name="form_build_id" id="form-db5e45d625c3277c550d3104c9f95126" value="form-db5e45d625c3277c550d3104c9f95126" /> <input type="hidden" name="form_id" id="edit-comment-form" value="comment_form" /> <fieldset class="captcha"><legend>CAPTCHA</legend><div class="description">This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.</div><input type="hidden" name="captcha_sid" id="edit-captcha-sid" value="85222767" /> <input type="hidden" name="captcha_response" id="edit-captcha-response" value="NLPCaptcha" /> <div class="form-item"> <div id="nlpcaptcha_ajax_api_container"><script type="text/javascript"> var NLPOptions = {key:'c4823cf77a2526b0fba265e2af75c1b5'};</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://call.nlpcaptcha.in/js/captcha.js" ></script></div> </div> </fieldset> <span class="btn-left"><span class="btn-right"><input type="submit" name="op" id="edit-submit" value="Save" class="form-submit" /></span></span> </div></form>