Plaint against mining baron Reddy over daughter's lavish wedding

November 16, 2016

Bengaluru, Nov 16: Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy is in the eye of a political storm, a day before his daughter's wedding on Wednesday.

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An activist has filed a complaint with the directorate general of income tax (investigations) questioning the extravagant nature of the wedding.

In the complaint, RTI activist T Narasimha Murthy said the arrangements have already raised eyebrows, whilepeople are standing in long queues after the demonetisation'

Tax officials refused to comment on the issue.

According to reports, Reddy has planned to recreate a model of the 16th century Vijayanagara palace at the Bengaluru Palace Grounds for the November 16 wedding.

Local media is abuzz with rumours that Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan will perform at a wedding function on Tuesday but the claim could not be confirmed.

The Bellary mining baron was arrested in 2011 on charges of illegally mining iron ore and was in prison for over three years. His company, Obulapuram Mining Company, was alleged to have shifted the borders that separated the neighbouring districts of Ballary in Karnataka and Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh to extract ore. He was granted bail in January 2015 by the Supreme Court.

The wedding of Reddy's daughter Brahmani hit the headlines for lavish replicas of Hampi and Tirumala temples erected at the venue. Reportedly, Reddy hired art directors from Bollywood to design the sets.

All eyes are now on the guests, who will attend the wedding, to be held in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

Reddy was formerly a part of the BJP. He and his two brothers shot to limelight during the 1999 Lok Sabha elections by helping Sushma Swaraj's campaign, who lost to Sonia Gandhi in the Bellary seat.

Local media in the state was rife with speculation that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders might have been asked to stay away from the event.

Reddy was the state tourism minister in BS Yeddyurappa's government before his arrest on graft charges related to the iron ore mining industry.

However, BJP national general secretary P Muralidhar Rao told Hindustan Times that no official diktat had been issued by the party's central leadership. “Why would the party get involved in someone's private function? It is not a party function for us to issue any orders,” he said.

The wedding is set to be exclusively telecast by Janasri TV, which was launched by Reddy and his close associate B Sriramulu, who is the MP from Bellary, even though media persons from across the publications have been invited to the event.

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Rikaz
 - 
Wednesday, 16 Nov 2016

Reddy is using 100 Rupees notes and cheques.....he does not have any black money....

Althaf
 - 
Wednesday, 16 Nov 2016

Nothing will happen because he is having the full support of Besharam Janatha party .

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June 8,2020

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July 25,2020

Chennai, July 25: A widow living alone in her apartment in Chennai city suburbs has filed a police complaint against ABVP national president Dr Subbiah Shanmugam, accusing him of harassment, including urinating and throwing used surgical masks at her doorstep.

Shockingly, no action has been taken so far by the police, even though the complaint against Dr Shanmugam, who is in government service, was filed on July 11 at the Adambakkam Police Station here by the widow’s relative Balaji Vijayaraghavan. 

Dr Shanmugam and the 62-year-old widow were living in the same apartment complex in Nanganallur and an argument broke between them over a parking slot. “He wanted to use our parking lot. We agreed but demanded a nominal charge for using it. He was outraged by our demand and even broke our signboard at the parking lot,” Vijayaraghavan wrote in his complaint.

He also alleged that Dr Shanmugam began harassing her by throwing “pieces of chicken” outside her apartment despite knowing she is a vegetarian. Vijayaraghavan also alleged in his two-page written complaint that the ABVP National President had urinated outside the woman’s apartment gate and had been throwing garbage and used masks at her gate.

The 62-year-old woman has been living alone in her apartment for the last year following her husband’s death. In his complaint, Vijayaraghavan also said the family was “concerned about her safety”, while asking police to take action against Dr Shanmugam, who he says, “has a bad track record in maintaining rapport with neighbours.”

CCTV footage corroborates with the allegations of urinating outside the residence of the widow. However, the ABVP claimed the incident as a “malicious and derogatory propaganda” by the Congress’ student wing of NSUI.

Also Read: Finally FIR registered against ABVP national president for allegedly harassing widow

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