ED seeks to record scam suspects

HYDERABAD: Speeding up probe, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) sought court’s permission to record statements of some of the accused in 3 cases: the illegal assets case against Jagan Mohan Reddy, the Obulapuram mining scam case against Gali Janardhan Reddy, and APIIC-Emaar scam.The suspects whose statements the ED wants to record are those accused who are presently lodged in prison. Towards that objective, after registering an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) in the 3 cases, ED filed 3 separate petitions before the principal special judge for CBI cases Friday. It cited the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to state that it is empowered to record the statements of these accused.The suspects whose statements ED wants to record are: Y Srilakshmi, B V Sreenivas Reddy and V D Rajagopal in the mining scam case; Nimmagada Prasad and K V Brahmananda Reddy in the Jagan assets case; and B P Acharya, Koneru Prasad, N Sunil Reddy, G V Vijay Raghav, Emaar Properties PJSC, Dubai, Emaar Hills Township Private Limited, Emaar MGP Land Limited and Stylish Homes Real Estates in the Emaar scam case.