No relief for Reddys in Karnataka illegal mining case

A special court in Hyderabad extended the judicial custody of former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy and his brother-in-law BV Srinivasa Reddy till November 14 in an illegal mining case, on Monday. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court cases extended the custody of the Reddys’ which was ending today. The CBI had arrested the duo from Bellary in Karnataka on September 5 in connection with the illegal mining in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district. [caption id=“attachment_119510” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“Court has extended the judicial custody of Janardhana Reddy and his brother in law till November1 4. IBNLive”] [/caption] They were brought to Hyderabad the same day and the court sent them to judicial custody till September 19. On September 22, the CBI opposed the bail pleas probing the case. Meanwhile, the Lokayukta court in Bangalore gave former Karnataka industries minister Katta Subramanium Naidu a three-month bail, for a bond of Rs 5 lakhs, on health grounds. Naidu is accused of irregularities in the allotment of land in BK Halli village, while he held the industries portfolio in the state. Land was allotted to a software firm, owned by his family, at throw away prices by the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board. Naidu who claims to suffer from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma was earlier denied bail by the court but was permitted to undergo medical treatment anywhere in the country under the surveillance of jail authorities. Agencies