CBI raids property of 3 Reddy aides in Bellary

BELLARY: CBI officers swooped down on three close aides of former minister G Janardhana Reddy and searched their residential and business premises in Bellary and seized documents on Sunday. Reddy was arrested on September 5.
A team of more than 20 CBI officers headed by Anantapur SP Venkatesh raided the residence of Gonal Rajashekar Gouda, a zilla panchayat member, in Basaveshwara Nagar, at 7am.
They then moved to the swanky 3-storeyed residence of S Gurulinganagowda, once a farmer and now chairman of the Bellary Urban Development Authority, located at Renukacharya Nagara. The CBI team questioned Gurulinganagowda and seized some documents.
The next person to fall in the CBI net was Bidihalli Bhaskar Reddy, a businessman dealing with seeds and fertilisers. Bhaskar Reddy is said to be a close aide and a friend of Janardhana Reddy.
"A family friend, an adviser, part of the think tank in the Reddy camp," sources said. The CBI searched Bhaskar Reddy’s residence and also his brother Venkatesh Reddy’s house.
Later the CBI team visited the Pragati Grameen Bank, Gandhinagar branch. The CBI asked family members of Bhaskar Reddy to accompany them to the bank, checked through their accounts and opened lockers. The team from the agency is said
to have left for Hyderabad by evening.