Jagan was ‘Jags’ ‘JR’ for his bribers
Hyderabad: In the quid pro quo case, the alleged bribe given by Dalmia Cements to Kadapa MP Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, he was referred as “J” “Jags” and “JR”, in their coded communications via SMS and emails.
The CBI, in the fifth chargesheet filed in Nampally CBI court, against Jagan Mohan Reddy and others, recently alleged that the former was actively involved along with Vijay Sai Reddy, his financial adviser, during the payments.
The pen drive seized from one of the accused, Joydeep Basu, the manager of Dalmia Cements (Bharat) of New Delhi, revealed that the bribe money was made through hawala payments. One of the SMS from the Dalmia Cement MD, Puneet Dalmia, (mobile no. 9810130000), accused no. 3, read: “Completed payment of 11.25 to Vijay Saiji yesterday. Please confirm with J”. The CBI alleged this implies that Jagan Mohan Reddy has been paid Rs 11.25 crore, through Vijay Sai Reddy.
Jagan and co. made huge money
In another detail found on the pen drive seized from Joydeep Basu, one of the accused in Jagan Mohan Reddy assets case, read, “Jags have been paid aggregate of 375 (250 from SM against April and May and 125 from S Poddar for June 2010)”. The CBI said this implied Jagan Mohan Reddy has been paid an amount of Rs 3.75 crore.
The account is called JR account.
The CBI in its chargesheet alleged, “As per the pre-arranged agreement, Jagan Mohan Reddy, Vijay Sai Reddy and Dalmia, the net sale proceeds of Rs 139 crore from the sale of shares of Raghuram Cements (purchased by Dalmia Cement), to a France-based company, was paid to Jagan Mohan Reddy.
Investigations revealed that out of Rs 139 crore, around Rs 55 crore was paid to the Kadapa MP from 2010 May to 2011 June in cash and through hawala transactions. The details of these payments were found in the seized pen drive and material by the Income-Tax department.
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