Hyderabad: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is all set to interrogate YSR Congress party Chief Jagan Mohan Reddy over the illegal mining scam.
Jagan will be questioned on his financial dealings with the Obulapuram Mining Corporation and granting mining licences to the Reddy brothers.
The clearance for mining leases to OMC was given during the tenure of Rajasekhara Reddy as Chief Minister.
CBI has recently questioned the then cabinet colleagues of late Rajasekhara Reddy in connection with the mining scam as it found that mining leases for OMC were cleared in an unusual haste, sources said.
Kadapa MP Jagan is also facing allegations of amassing wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income as well as alleged dilution of stake of Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructural Corporation (APIIC) which is having a joint venture with Emaar for the development of township on the outskirts of Hyderabad.
The CBI registered a case against Jagan on the direction of Andhra Pradesh High Court under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code pertaining to cheating, criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust and under provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act.
Acting on separate petitions filed by state Textile Minister P Shankar Rao and TDP leader K Yerran Naidu, the high court had recently ordered CBI to probe the alleged illegal assets that the Kadapa MP had amassed during his father's tenure as chief minister.
CBI has also booked Jagan for allegedly "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".
(With additional information from PTI)
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