Govt. permitted Srilakshmi’s prosecution

The Andhra Pradesh Government on Thursday allowed CBI to prosecute IAS officer Y Srilakshmi in the illegal mining case. Srilakshmi is accused No. 4 in the case and has been charged with illegally favouring Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) owned by Gali Janardhan Reddy, accused No. 1 in the case.
The IAS officer was secretary of mines in the industry and commerce department and, according to CBI, is responsible for the deletion of the crucial word ‘captive’ from the GO, thus helping OMC sell iron ore mined in Anantapur district to foreign companies at a huge profit. As per the original GO, the mining company was to be allowed to sell iron ore only to Brahmani Steels under the ‘captive mining’ clause. Srilakshmi was arrested on Nov 28, 2011 and has been lodged at Chanchalguda jail ever since but for a brief period of freedom when she was out on bail. Now, with the state according permission to CBI to prosecute her under CrPC as well as the Prevention of Corruption Act, the investigative agency is expected to speed up the probe and chargesheet her in the illegal mining case.

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