AP Police: Hyderabad Police: ट्रक में मिले 4.9 करोड़ रुपये को लेकर पुलिस के कयास जारी, कही बेल्लारी माइन्स का तो नहीं है पैसा...

Hyderabad: A court in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district on Friday sent two people arrested with Rs 4.9 crore cash seized from a truck to judicial custody for two weeks while police, both in Andhra and neighbouring Karnataka continued their investigations to find out whether the money belonged to the arrested mining baron G Janardhana Reddy.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) also moved the court, seeking custody of the accused for interrogation.

A team of officials of the Income Tax department from Tirupati rushed to Guntakal in Anantapur district to launch a probe into the seized cash.

The CBI joined the investigations amid speculations that the money belonged to former Karnataka minister Janardhana Reddy, who is currently in CBI custody in Hyderabad after his arrest in an illegal mining case.

The huge amount of cash was seized on Thursday from a truck, which was coming from Bellary district in Karnataka and was reportedly headed to Hyderabad.

Police arrested truck driver Venkatarami Reddy and his assistant Eswar Reddy, both hailing from Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh.

Earlier, a police officer in Anantapur said they were still questioning the arrested men about the source and destination of the money.

Police were checking vehicles following a tip-off that the money is being shifted from Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), owned by Janardhana Reddy.

The arrested men reportedly told police that the money belonged to OMC managing director BV Srinivasa Reddy, who along with Janardhana Reddy was arrested by the CBI in Bellary on September 05.

The CBI during the raid on Janardhana's house had seized Rs 4 crore in cash and 30 kg gold. It also seized Rs 1.5 crore from the house of Srinivasa, his brother-in-law.

"We are questioning several people but have not got any definite clues to the source of the money," a Bellary police spokesperson said by phone.

No one has been detained in Bellary, the iron-ore rich district and Reddy's political base, the spokesperson said.

"We are checking on information reportedly given by the truck driver that the money belonged to OMC managing director BV Srinivas Reddy," the spokesperson said.

The seizure of the money came a day ahead of Janardhana's elder brother G Karunakara Reddy appearing before the CBI in Hyderabad for interrogation.

His younger brother G Somashekara Reddy appeared before the CBI in Hyderabad on Thursday.