SIT has identified that the main beneficiary in the liquor scam was YS Jaganmohan Reddy. Every month, Raj Kasireddy would collect Rs 50-60 crores from distilleries and liquor companies and send the money to Jagan, SIT found.
YS Jagan’s cousin YS Anil Reddy is the full-time director in Bharathi Cements. He would send the money through Govindappa Balaji, who looked after Bharathi’s finances, MP Mithun Reddy and Vijaysai Reddy to Jagan.
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SIT found that 3200 Cr was sent between 2019-24. SIT arrested Booneti Chanakya A8 who played a key role in collecting kickbacks along with A1 Raj Kasireddy.
After medical tests, Chanakya was presented in Vijayawada’s ACB special court. He is presently in remand. Along with him, SIT submitted vital information gathered so far.
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Nandyala SPY Agro Industries head Sajjala Sridhar Reddy held a meeting with distillery owners in 2019 and threatened them that only those distilleries giving kickbacks would be encouraged. 12% kickbacks were decided upon, which was later increased to 20%.
The companies that supplied liquor would give kickbacks of Rs 50-60 crores every month to Raj Kasireddy. Raj would then deliver the amount the Jagan through Govindappa Balaji, Mithun Reddy, Vijaysai Reddy and YS Anil Reddy.
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Adan, Leela distilleries got maximum liquor supply orders violating the rules. The equipment and properties of some distilleries were used by Adan and Leela distilleries in the name of leases.
Rs 5 crore was diverted to PLR Projects and YSRCP leader Mithun Reddy through DCart Logistics which is a shell company. Investigation is on in the matter.
Adan Distilleries made Rs 732 crore between 2020 May and 2022 December. Leela Distilleries made Rs 454 crore between June 2022 and March 2024.
Between 2019 and 2024, the highest political authority in YSRCP government indulged in liquor scam with the help of officials and liquor syndicate that included Raj Kasireddy, MP Mithun Reddy, Vijaysai Reddy, Vasudeva Reddy, Satya Prasad and others.
The syndicate gave huge monies to key political functionaries and APSBCL officials, as per SIT report.
During Jagan’s term, only liquor approved by the syndicate was available in liquor shops. Other brands were not available. Though consumers complained about the quality of liquor, no one bothered to listen. This could have happened with the consent of the highest political executive, SIT found.
The money collected as kickbacks was given in various forms. One was through converting it into gold transactions. SIT found many such suspicious transactions during its investigations.
