CBI In Its Investigation: The Reddy land mine

A favourite phrase of Indian politicians who wish to demonstrate that they are not using their political power to influence the judiciary and law enforcement authorities is: “the law will take its own course.” True, the law must take its own course, all the more so in the cases involving the infamous Reddy Brothers of Karnataka. The arrest of the state’s former tourism minister G Janardhana Reddy and his brother-in-law B V Srinivas Reddy, managing director of the Obulapuram Mining Company, is only the first step in the “law taking its own course”. Though the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has shown uncharacteristic courage in recent months in arresting powerful and influential people, it has not shown equal evidence of competence in gathering data and defending its case. Thus, in Hyderabad, where the two Reddys have been taken after their arrest, industrialist Ramalinga Raju has been languishing in custody as an undertrial for over two years, with no court willing to grant him bail and CBI still struggling to put together a defence of its actions that would enable the “law to take its own course”.

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