Venkat Reddy, former director general of the mines ministry, hinted that under YCP rule, all rules regarding sand mining were violated only on the orders of senior bureaucrats.
Venkat Reddy was arrested by ACB sleuths in connection with the sand mining scam during the YCP regime and was kept in custody for three days.
During interrogation by ACB sleuths on his first day in custody on Thursday, he reportedly said: It is out of the question to oppose them. I acted on their orders. I acted like a puppet in their hands. ”
“I had no power to oppose, so I acted as per their wishes. Even IAS and IPS officers did not have the courage or courage to oppose the authorities during the previous government rule,” he said. It is said that
Venkat Reddy remained silent even when ACB detectives asked him several important questions regarding the sand policy framework and the finalization of contracts with private organizations that supported the power of the previous government.
He dodged questions about who was behind the sand mining scam and who gave him orders.
How can a sand mining, sale and supply contract be entered into with a turnkey enterprise of Jayaprakash Power Ventures Limited (JPVL) in violation of the bidding norms and a turnkey enterprise? When asked how he could accept the bank guarantee submitted by, he replied: He told the interrogating officials that they knew everything and had already told them all the information he had.
When asked why he did not check JPVL when it was issuing handwritten road bills instead of issuing them online, Mr. Venkat Reddy said he was forced to do so after receiving orders from senior bureaucrats. I answered that I didn’t get it.
When asked why the notice was not served on JVPL after several months of not paying the government, even though the rules stipulate that payments should be made every two weeks, However, he said he did not have the courage to ask anyone questions. They are mining the sand and the bills are issued in their name and who is taking the sand away.
ACB officials have also questioned how a sand mining contract can be awarded to a company that has already paid dues of Rs 850 crore to the government, and senior officials are in talks among themselves. But they said they would just call me and instruct me to sign the papers. “There is no dialogue beyond signing a document.”
