The case against Janardhan Reddy

Between the financial year 2006-07 and 2010-11, the Andhra Pradesh-based Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) of former Karnataka minister G Janardhan Reddy did not receive a single permit from the mining department in Karnataka to export iron ore. Yet, data gathered by investigating agencies from 10 different ports in south India for the period shows that the OMC — with iron ore mining leases only in Andhra Pradesh — exported 71,61,455 MT of iron ore by claiming its point of origin as mines in Karnataka.

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