CBI court extends custody of OMC, Emaar cases accused

The CBI Special court on Wednesday extended the judicial custody of mining baron and former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, OMC managing director B Srinivas Reddy, former mines director V D Rajagipal and another accused IAS officer Y Srilakshmi to March 7.

The CBI court extended the judicial custody of the four accused following expiry of their custody on Wednesday.

The designated court also extended the judicial custody of B P Acharya, Koneru Prasad, Sunil Reddy and Vijaya Raghavan, the accused in the Emaar scam, up to March 7.

However, the court rejected the CBI petition seeking further police custody of Srilakshmi and Rajagopal contending that the petition did not address the issue correctly. (INN)