The properties linked to a Telangana minister Gangula Kamalakar are being raided by the ED

Hyderabad:

The properties linked to a Telangana Rashtra Samithi minister are being searched by the Enforcement Directorate in an unlawful mining and cash laundering case, sources have mentioned.

The minister, Gangula Kamalakar, is in Dubai along with his household, sources mentioned.

Mr Kamalakar is the Minister for Backward Classes Welfare, Food and Civil Supplies, and is an MLA from Karimnagar constituency.

Mr Kamalakar has granite companies in Karimnagar. A case was filed towards him in 2012 alleging the exchequer misplaced some Rs 750 crore because of his “illegal” operations. BJP leaders had complained towards him once more in November final 12 months.

The Enforcement Directorate, or ED, motion towards the minister is more likely to escalate the combat between the BJP and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, or TRS, authorities led by Chief Minister Okay Chandrashekar Rao, also referred to as KCR, who, like different Chief Ministers in non-BJP states, has alleged the Narendra Modi authorities of misusing central businesses to harass them.

The ED raids additionally come lower than per week after KCR’s occasion, now renamed as Bharat Rashtra Samithi for a wider nationwide attraction, gained a by-election in Munugode. The BJP candidate, Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy, whose household owns a big mining agency, misplaced the election.

KCR’s occasion and the BJP are additionally at warfare over allegations that the ruling occasion within the centre tried to bribe 4 TRS MLAs to change sides.

The BJP has denied the allegation and known as for a probe by an “independent agency” just like the Central Bureau of Investigation or a court-monitored particular investigation group.

The Telangana High Court, after listening to the BJP’s request, allowed the state police to look into the allegations by KCR’s occasion.