Hyderabad, June 23: For the second time this week, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday questioned Indian cricket board chief and India Cements managing director N Srinivasan here in YSR Congress Party leader YS Jaganmohan Reddy’s illegal wealth case. The CBI officials were questioning Srinivasan, who is the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president, at Dilkusha Guest House, the camp office of the central investigating agency. Srinivasan was earlier questioned by the CBI officials for over seven hours on June 18. He was grilled about the quid pro quo investments his company made into the firms of Jagan, as the YSR Congress leader is popularly called. The CBI believes the then government issued two orders allocating additional water from Krishna and Kagna rivers to two plants of Srinivasan’s India Cements. The water allocation for India Cements’ Nalgonda plant was enhanced from three lakh gallons to 10 lakh gallons per day, while for its plant in Ranga Reddy district the supply was raised from three lakh gallons to 13 lakh gallons per day. The orders reportedly helped the company to double its production in the state. Besides India Cements, the CBI is also conducting investigations into the investments made by Penna Cements and Dalmia Cements. They pumped money into Jagan’s firms allegedly in return for the limestone mines allotted to them. (IANS) |