After the police have kept a close eye on the Quartz Scam, large-scale use and transportation of explosives, five accused, including former minister and YCP key leader Kakani Govardhan Reddy, have gone into hiding. The police have already put up notices at the main gates of Kakani’s house asking them to come for questioning.
The notice states that they should appear for questioning at the Rural DSP office at 11 am on Monday. The police have already arrested three accused. Meanwhile, the police have filed a petition in the court for the custody of the accused who are on remand. The court has adjourned the hearing till Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Kakani Govardhan Reddy has approached the High Court for anticipatory bail. This hearing has also been adjourned till Tuesday. The police went to his house on Sunday to serve notices in the quartz irregularities, but his two houses were locked.
Meanwhile, the police have registered a case against Kakani Govardhan Reddy in the case of illegal looting of quartz ore from Rustom Mines in Podalakur mandal of Nellore district. It is reliable information that Kakani has been included as A4 in this case.
While a case has already been filed against three people, an FIR has been registered against seven others, including Kakani. Two of them, identified as A6 and A8, were arrested and produced before the Gudur court. The court has remanded them for 14 days. There are indications that the remaining four people, including Kakani, will be arrested in this case.
During the YSRCP regime, all the quartz deposits in Nellore district were handed over to a former minister from Nellore. In parallel to this, illegal quartz mining took place in the Sarvepalli constituency. Government wealth worth crores of rupees was looted from Rustom Mines. Rustom Mines was previously leased to someone.
When the lease expired, YSRCP leaders from Sarvepalli set their sights on this mine. Illegal mining was done on a large scale. TDP Politburo member Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy launched a three-day Satyagraha at the quarry to stop illegal mining. TDP activists blocked 40 lorries ready to be transported with mining loads.
Somireddy, who felt that justice would not be done under the YSRCP government, filed a complaint with the Central Mining Department. The case came to life after the change of government in the state along with the orders of the Center. Mining Department officials, who had not even looked at the quarry till then, went there and calculated that the value of the looted quartz was more than Rs. 250 crore. A complaint was filed with the police.
Looking at the current developments, there are clear signs that a noose is being tightened around former Minister Kakani, who served as a minister in Nellore district in the previous government. Moreover, the government has appointed an SIT in the case of forgery of signatures of Ongole MP Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy.
There are indications that Kakani will also be included as an accused in the MP signature forgery case. There were large-scale allegations at that time that Kakani was also behind the gravel scam in the Sarvepalli reservoir.
