HYDERABAD: A special court on Friday gave permission to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to access certified copies of the FIR, chargesheet and other documents pertaining to the 'illegal' mining case, involving Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), owned by former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy as well as the Emaar scam.The CBI court allowed ED's petitions, seeking certified copies of the FIR, chargesheet, 161 statements and other documents pertaining to both the cases, to enable the central agency register Enforcement Crime Information Report (ECIR) and conduct investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).The CBI had already arrested Janardhan Reddy, his brother-in-law B V Srinivas Reddy and senior IAS officer Y Srilakshmi in the case.Assistant Director of the ED VSRM Kasyapa filed a petition before the special CBI court on March 3 seeking certified copies of the FIR, chargesheet and 161 statements for investigating in the case.The CBI, had filed its chargesheet against Janardhan Reddy and four others in December last year. The ED is the competent authority to probe under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and it can attach the properties, if it is proved that they were acquired with the proceeds of the crime. Meanwhile a ED team from Karnataka came to Hyderabad and met CBI officials and sought permission to have access to files and documents regarding the Obulapuram mining case.
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