Spl court sentences ex-Karnataka minister Janardhan Reddy to 7 yrs jail in illegal mining case

A special CBI court here on Tuesday convicted former Karnataka minister and MLA Gali Janardhan Reddy and three others in the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) illegal mining case.

The court sentenced them to seven years' imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on each. Mr Reddy was named accused number two. The court imposed a Rs 1 lakh fine on the company.

Soon after the judgment the CBI took Mr Reddy and others into custody.

The CBI court delivered the judgement nearly 14 years after the CBI had filed a charge sheet against Mr Reddy and others accusing them of tampering with mining lease boundary markings and carrying out mining illegally in Bellary Reserve Forest area on the Karnataka-Andhra Pradesh border.