Bail granted to Reddy in illegal mining case

The Lok ayukta special court on Monday granted bail to former minister Gali Janardhana Reddy in a case of illegal mining.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Lokayukta, probing illegal mining in the State, had arrested Reddy on November 20 in connection with a case of illegal extraction, transportation and export of iron ore.

The Lokayukta special court judge V G Bopaiah granted bail to Reddy on a Rs five lakh bond and two sureties.

The SIT had registered 13 FIRs against Reddy based on Lokayukta report part-2. He had secured anticipatory bail in two cases and interim anticipatory bail in the remaining 11 cases.  The SIT had arrested Reddy near the CBI office on Ballari Road in the 14th FIR.

Report part-2
The case is based on the Lokayukta report part-2 about theft of high-grade iron ore from the leased area of Black Gold Iron Ore Mines and Minerals at Vannahalli village in Ballari, between 2004 and 2006.

Reddy and others are said to have illegally transported about 3 lakh MT of iron ore during this period.