CBI today commenced examining documents seized during the recent searches in connection with cases pertaining to investments made by some firms in the businesses of Kadapa MP Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy as well as irregularities in APIIC-Emaar land deal.
The examination of documents and retrieving of data from hard discs began at Dilkusha government Guest house here, the same venue from where the CBI had functioned while investigating the multi-crore Satyam scam.
Special investigation teams are being formed for the probe and they would be alloted specific works to examine the seized documents and other articles, CBI Joint Director V.V. Lakshmi Narayana told mediapersons here today.
The future course of action would be decided on the basis of evidence that emerges after the examination of documents, he said.
The CBI Joint Director, who is leading the investigation into the cases, said the teams would call the persons listed as accused for questioning after collecting the evidence.
Replying to a query, Lakshmi Narayana said if necessary, further searches would be conducted based on the information and intelligence.
When asked about allegations that the cases against Jagan are politically motivated, the joint Director of CBI said the agency would conduct an impartial inquiry and the FIR has been filed and searches conducted based on the contents of the writ-petition filed in the High Court.
On the direction of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, the CBI registered two cases against Jagan Mohan Reddy, son of late former Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy ,on August 17 on charges of cheating, criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust and also under the Prevention of Corruption Act and filed two separate FIRs.
In one FIR, CBI has accused Jagan of 'conspiring' with his father and other individuals and companies to 'cheat the government of Andhra Pradesh in the matter of granting certain favours to many companies'.
In an another FIR related to the Emaar-APIIC deal, CBI has alleged that senior IAS officer B.P. Acharya, who headed Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC), entered into a criminal conspiracy with officials of Emaar Group and unknown public servants to cheat APIIC, to secure a wrongful gain to Emaar.