As per the liquor syndicate records, Nunna Venkataramana has confessed to paying politicians, police personnel, excise officials and media personnel. The records of the Janapriya Syndicate of Vizag show that it had spent Rs 21,800 on August 26 and Rs 17,000 on September 1 to fly Vizag East MLA V.R.K. Babu. Even minister Mopidevi Venkataramana, who is in jail regarding the Jagan illegal assets case, has been spared in the liquor scam as the ACB didn’t file an application in the CBI court seeking permission to question him. The name of PCC president Botsa Satyanarayana’s kin had also cropped up during investigation but nothing came out of it.
Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao’s son Ram Manohar Naidu alias Chinni was also questioned regarding allegations of collecting mamools in Srikakulam district. His name had appeared in the accounts of SVR syndicate. Liquor don Balraj Goud had also told ACB officials that the syndicate, having 150 to 200 wine shops in Hyderabad and Cyberabad areas and also having a considerable presence in Nalgonda and Sanga Reddy, had the minister’s relatives as key members.
“The syndicate comprises Yadagiri Reddy and Narsa Reddy who are relatives of Rami Reddy Venkat Reddy. The duo has formed a syndicate in Medak district too and manage all wine shops... I walked out of the syndicate in Medak and am running my own shops in Hyderabad,” confessed Balraj Goud, owner of Sai Group of Wines at Chikkadpally.