The CBI has named a former bureaucrat and an IAS officer as accused in the Obulapuram Mining Company scam.
Former Andhra Pradesh Mines and Geology director, Mr V.D. Rajagopal, and senior IAS officer, Ms Y Srilakshmi, were added to the list of accused yesterday after probe indicated their alleged role in the illegal mining, CBI officials said today.
The duo was charged under relevant sections of IPC for criminal conspiracy and violation of the Mines Minerals Development and Regulation Act.
The CBI, probing alleged illegal mining and irregularities in allotment of mining leases to OMC, on September 5 had arrested former Karnataka tourism minister and the company owner, Mr Gali Janardhana Reddy and the firm's Managing Director, Mr B.V. Srinivas Reddy from Bellary.
OMC is accused of changing mining lease boundary markings between Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka and indulging in “illegal” mining in the Bellary Reserve Forest area.