Agrigold lands case: Ex-Andhra minister YSRCP’s Jogi Ramesh in trouble as ACB takes action in land scam case
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) conducted a high-profile search at the residence of former Minister and YSR Congress Party leader Jogi Ramesh on Tuesday morning, leading to the arrest of his son, Jogi Rajeev. The operation began at 5 a.m. and involved 15 officials from the anti-graft agency.
Jogi Rajeev has been named as the primary accused in the FIR registered by the Crime Investigation Department (CID) in connection with the Agrigold lands case.
Additionally, Jogi Ramesh’s uncle, Jogi Venkateshwar Rao, is also listed as a primary accused in the same case.
The FIR includes several other individuals as accused, highlighting the breadth of the investigation into the Agrigold lands scandal.
The ACB’s actions underscore the ongoing efforts to address corruption and financial misconduct within the region.
They allegedly purchased the lands attached by the CID in the Agrigold scam in Ambapuram village in Vijayawada Rural Mandal of NTR district and sold the same to others.
The CID registered the FIR on August 2 under Indian Penal Code sections 420, 409, 467, 471, 120 (B) read with 34 IPC
According to the FIR, the offence occurred before June 19, 2024, when YSR Congress Party was in power.
The case was registered based on an inquiry report by Abdul Kareem, DSP, CID.
Jogi Ramesh told media persons that his son is innocent. “My son studied in the US and worked at Deloitte. He has done nothing wrong,” the YSRCP leader said.
Ramesh said Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and his son and Minister Nara Lokesh may have political vendetta against him but asked why his innocent son is being targeted. “Can someone purchase the lands attached by CID,” he asked while refuting the allegations.
The former Minister said if he or his family members had done anything wrong in Agrigold lands, they would be ready to be hanged publicly in Vijayawada.
The CID had attached the land as part of the process to attach assets of Agrigold, a company that had duped over 11 lakh depositors in an investment scheme.
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He has child like innocence & cannot be doing such illegal land & money grabbing. he had protection from Jagan Party. Now that they lost elections, the innocence veil is gone…naked from top to bottom. He is running for cover now.
Suspect he did not read Leo Tolstoy’s story – How much land does a man require ? – 6 yards….. nowadays, it is crematorium, even that 6 yards is not required.
His son has studied M.S, in USA, returned very recently, how can he be arrested ? He is very innocent & honest. Father is a Minister & belongs to Jagan party. How high / low can go to see them both be sent to jail.