HC rejects Srilakshmi's plea in Obulapuram mining case

The Telangana High Court on Friday dismissed a criminal revision petition filed by senior IAS officer Y Srilakshmi, who had sought relief in the high-profile Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) illegal mining case.

- TG NAIDU @ Hyderabad

THE Telangana High Court on Friday dismissed a criminal revision petition filed by senior IAS officer Y Srilakshmi, who had sought relief in the high-profile Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) illegal mining case. The ruling follows a direction from the Supreme Court, which had asked the court to revisit the matter, stating that its earlier order failed to fully consider the arguments presented by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Srilakshmi, a 1988-batch IAS officer from the Andhra Pradesh cadre, was named as an accused in the multi-crore OMC scam. The CBI alleged serious irregularities and abuse of power in the grant of mining leases to OMC, whose promoters include former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy.