Hyderabad, July 13 : The Andhra Pradesh High Court ordered for a preliminary probe by CBI into allegations of corruption leveled against Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.
Based on a petition filed by Textiles Minister P Shankar Rao over the issue, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Nisar Ahmad Kakru and Justice Vilas Afzalpurkar ordered the investigation agency to submit its report in two weeks.
Rao, who had filed the petition before becoming a minister, alleged Reddy amassed huge public wealth using his late father Y S Rajasekhara Reddy’s position as chief minister and committed several violations of laws of the land. He also added that Jagan’s income which was only Rs 11 lakh in 2004, had gone up to Rs 43,000 crore.
The court said it will decide on the issue of a full- fledged inquiry based on the preliminary report from the CBI.
Rao also alleged that the Kadapa MP indulged in money laundering by floating fictitious firms and routing the black money through some companies in Mauritius.
TDP leader K Yerran Naidu and others had also filed similar petitions seeking CBI probe against Jagan’s wealth.
—PTI