The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday issued notices to Peddireddy Mithun Reddy, a sitting YSR Congress Party Member of Parliament from Rajampet, in connection with the investigation into the liquor scam that allegedly took place during the previous YSRCP government.
In the notices, the ED has directed Mithun Reddy to appear in person for questioning on January 23.
The central agency suspects that the MP played a key role in the alleged liquor scam and is probing large-scale irregularities involving hawala transactions and money laundering.
Mithun Reddy had earlier been arrested in connection with the case and was subsequently lodged in Rajahmundry Central Jail. He is currently out on bail.
Earlier, the ED had also issued notices two days earlier to former YSRCP MP Vijayasai Reddy, asking him to appear for questioning on January 22.
Sai Reddy, who had already resigned from the YSRCP as well as his Rajya Sabha membership, admitted that there was indeed a scam in liquor trade and blamed it on Kesireddy Rajasekhar Reddy alias Raj Kesireddy, the prime accused in the scam.
The investigations by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Andhra police into the liquor scam during the YSRCP government’s tenure have already brought several crucial facts to light.
As part of the probe, the assets of key accused Raj Kasireddy have been attached. The SIT also arrested retired IAS officer Dhanunjaya Reddy, former Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy’s OSD Krishnamohan Reddy, and Balaji Govindappa. All of them are currently out on bail.
Investigators say new details are emerging as the probe deepens, with Mithun Reddy increasingly being projected as a central figure in the case.
It is in this context that the ED issued consecutive notices to Mithun Reddy and Vijayasai Reddy.