<p>State Chief Secretary Pankaj Dwivedi issued the suspension order on receiving a report from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) about Srilakshmi’s arrest, official sources said.<br /><br />The order came to be issued after Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy cleared the relevant file last evening, sources in the General Administration Department said.<br /><br />Srilakshmi held the post of Commissioner, Family Welfare at the time of the arrest.<br /><br />She was Secretary, Industries, when she issued the controversial orders granting ore mining leases to Obulapuram Mining Company, owned by former Karnataka ministe Gali Janardhana Reddy (a co-accused in the present case) in Anantapur district.<br /><br />The orders allegedly favoured OMC over the rival bidders, CBI says. Currently she is in CBI's custody.<br /><br />Her husband, M Gopi Krishna, is an Indian Police Service officer of 1987 batch, currently serving as Inspector General of Police in the state Crime Investigation Department.</p>
<p>State Chief Secretary Pankaj Dwivedi issued the suspension order on receiving a report from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) about Srilakshmi’s arrest, official sources said.<br /><br />The order came to be issued after Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy cleared the relevant file last evening, sources in the General Administration Department said.<br /><br />Srilakshmi held the post of Commissioner, Family Welfare at the time of the arrest.<br /><br />She was Secretary, Industries, when she issued the controversial orders granting ore mining leases to Obulapuram Mining Company, owned by former Karnataka ministe Gali Janardhana Reddy (a co-accused in the present case) in Anantapur district.<br /><br />The orders allegedly favoured OMC over the rival bidders, CBI says. Currently she is in CBI's custody.<br /><br />Her husband, M Gopi Krishna, is an Indian Police Service officer of 1987 batch, currently serving as Inspector General of Police in the state Crime Investigation Department.</p>