Former Andhra Minister Jogi Ramesh held in fake liquor racket probe

YSR Congress Party leader and former Andhra Pradesh minister Jogi Ramesh was arrested in the spurious liquor case on Sunday.

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The Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the case, arrested him from his residence at Ibrahimpatnam in NTR district. His aide, Arepalli Ramu, was also arrested.

Ramesh was taken to the Excise Department office in Vijayawada, where he was being questioned by the SIT officials. Addepalli Janardhana Rao, the prime accused in the case, alleged that spurious liquor was manufactured under the directions of Ramesh.

In a video that went viral last month, Janardhana Rao said that, though he stopped the production of spurious liquor immediately after the TDP-led NDA came to power, Ramesh called him over the phone in April this year and asked him to continue the manufacturing.