CBI names BCCI's Srinivasan in Jagan charge sheet

Indian cricket board chief N. Srinivasan has been named in one of the three charge sheets the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday filed in a special court in Hyderabad in the case involving YSR Congress party chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.

In the charge sheet relating to India Cements, the CBI has also named Srinivasan, its managing director, as the accused number three.

Srinivasan stepped aside a few months ago as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president recently following spot fixing scandal in Indian Premier League (IPL).

The CBI had questioned him twice last year about the investments his company made into Jagan Mohan Reddy's firms.

The CBI filed the charge sheets in the special court, naming 25 accused and charging them under various sections of Indian Penal Code

The charge sheets relate to India Cements, Penna Cements and Bharati Cements, the three companies which allegedly made quid pro quo investments in Jaganmohan Reddy's business.

The federal agency, however, has not named Andhra Pradesh IT Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah in the charge sheet. Lakshmaiah, who was irrigation minister in Rajasekhara Reddy's cabinet, was also questioned last year with regard to the water allocation to India Cements.

With this the number of charge sheets filed in the case so far has gone up to eight. A CBI counsel told reporters that the remaining charge sheets would be file in two to three days.