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BJP State president P. V. N. Madhav has demanded the apprehension of erstwhile Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, alleging that helium masterminded the liquor scam by centralising the purchase, proviso and merchantability of liquor done the AP State Beverages Corporation Limited and by appointing officials adjacent to him successful the Excise Department to tally the strategy according to his directions.
Referring to the 305-page chargesheet filed by the SIT, Mr. Madhav said it stated that Mr. Jagan had played a cardinal relation successful the ₹3,500 crore scam.
In a property merchandise issued connected Monday, helium said the large-scale irregularities successful the implementation of the liquor argumentation came to airy during the party’s Janata Varadhi programme, which brought retired elaborate complaints astir alleged manipulation of the full proviso concatenation from manufacturing to retail income for amerciable gains.
He further alleged that integer transactions were deliberately disallowed astatine liquor outlets arsenic portion of a conspiracy to divert achromatic money, and that definite distilleries were taken implicit to beforehand substandard brands.
Mr. Madhav claimed that the engagement of Dhanunjay Reddy, Krishna Mohan Reddy and Balaji Govindappa was established done telephone information records, Google Takeout information and different documentary evidence. He added that cases had been registered against 48 persons, 16 of whom were arrested, and that properties worthy ₹62.86 crore had been seized.
Demanding transparency, Mr. Madhav called for the merchandise of a White Paper detailing liquor sales, turnover, taxation collections and agreements with distilleries, stating that afloat disclosure was indispensable to hole accountability connected those liable for allegedly plundering nationalist money.
