The Muthukur police have registered another case of illegally setting up a toll gate on the way to Krishnapatnam Port and collecting toll from container lorries against former YCP minister Kakani Govardhan Reddy.
Meanwhile, during his three-day police custody he was said to be non-cooperative with the police investigation. With this, his bail petition has been rejected and the police will seek his custody again. The hearing on the bail petition in the illegal mining case of former minister Kakaani quartz will be held on Monday.
With these cases registered initially for illegal gravel transportation and later for misuse of toll collection, controversies over Kakani are becoming a topic of discussion. Meanwhile, the police have taken him into custody in the illegal mining case.
As part of the three-day custody, the police interrogated the former minister at the Krishnapatnam Port Police Station in the presence of a lawyer.
When the police asked about 22 questions on the first day, it is reported that Kakani did not cooperate with the investigation at all. It seems that he gave answers saying that he was not involved, that he did not know, and that he should ask his lawyer.
It is reported that Kakani was questioned about where the money was for illegally mining and transporting white stone, what he did with the Rs. 138 crores he got from looting 63,000 tons of quartz, who had a role in the illegal transportation, and how much it affected each person.
The investigation was led by DSP Ghattamaneni Srinivas. The police collected key evidence in the case of illegal mining of quartz, heavy use of explosives, and atrocity. Kakani is A4 in this case. He did not answer 35 questions on the second day. On the third day, he was asked five or six questions.
There was no answer to any of them. On the third day (Sunday), Kakani was questioned before the revenue and mining officials. He did not give any answer except silence. Kakani told the police that illegal cases were registered against him due to political pressure.
A1, A2, and A3 were questioned about the information collected from the accused. Their statements were heard. No matter how many times they were asked, they kept saying that they knew nothing, that they had nothing to do with it. Except for the words “I forgot,” and “Talk to your lawyer,” they didn’t say anything else.
