Table of Contents
SCAM
- The Andhra Pradesh (AP) Police on Saturday arrested senior Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader and former lawmaker JC Prabhakar Reddy and his son JC Asmith Reddy for alleged irregularities in their private transport business based on a complaint filed at Anantapur town-1 police station by the state road transport authority (RTA) officials earlier this week.
- The arrest of the father and son, who have been shifted to Anantapur to be produced before a court, comes a day after the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) authorities arrested former minister and TDP lawmaker Kinjarapu Atchen Naidu in connection with the 2016 multi-crore Employees State Insurance (ESI) scam, when N Chandrababu Naidu was the AP chief minister.
SCAM
- The Andhra Pradesh Transport Department has initiated an inquiry after being tipped-off that buses sold as scrap by Ashok Leyland were purchased by two companies in Anantapur who were illegally using them in private travels business.
- Transport officials contacted Ashok Leyland on January 10, 2020 which on January 23 confirmed that in 2018, it sold 40 scrap buses to C Gopal Reddy and 26 scrap buses to Jatadhara Industries Private Ltd based at Tadipatri in Anantapur district.
SCAM
- Who are involved in the scam?
- Jatadhara Industries is owned by J C Uma Reddy wife of former TDP MLA J C Prabhakar Reddy, and their son J S Asmith Reddy. C Gopal Reddy is a close associate of Prabhakar Reddy. Prabhakar Reddy and Gopal Reddy were arrested Saturday morning.
- What did the investigation find?
- The investigation found that all the condemned vehicles were first registered with transport registration authority at Kohima, Nagaland and then brought to Anantapur district with an NOC from Nagaland.
SCAM
- Why is it illegal to use scrapped vehicles?
- The Supreme Court had on March 29, 2017, ordered that all vehicles that are not compliant to BS IV emission norms shall not be sold in India by any manufacturer or dealer from April 1, 2017, and that the registering authorities also are prohibited from registering such vehicles from April 1, 2017.
SCAM
- What action was taken by the AP Transport Department?
- The AP Transport Department lodged 24 police complaints against Jatadhara Industries and C Gopal Reddy in Anantapur and three FIRs in Kurnool and sought action against those involved including Asmith Reddy and J C Uma Reddy.
SCAM
- Where are these buses now?
- Officials said some of these vehicles have since been sold on to various others in AP.
Latest Burning Issues | Free PDF
WhatsApp