EDs probe against Jagan moved to Delhi

HYDERABAD: Controversy is brewing within the Enforcement Directorate (ED) over the agency’s probe into alleged money laundering by Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.Just a month after the investigation began, it has reportedly been transferred from the AP unit of ED to the Delhi office following certain inputs received by the top brass.Reliable sources in the agency disclosed to Express that ED’s Delhi unit has taken over the probe and the local unit has reportedly been told to lay off. ‘’All files pertaining to the probe are being handed over to the Delhi unit,’’ sources said.In Hyderabad, the probe was being headed by ED deputy director N Sridhar, a 1993 batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer (Customs and Central Excise service) and assistant director Subramanyam.In August, ED registered a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against Jagan Mohan Reddy and begn to follow the money trail of investments pumped in by the MP and his associates into companies owned by him.When contacted, deputy director N Sridhar did not confirm or deny that the Delhi unit has taken over the matter. ‘’I am not aware’’ he added.Ever since the ED registered a case against the Kadapa MP, it has been working in tandem with the CBI. The agency is understood to have gathered several inputs on the alleged money laundering angle. The ED is also learnt to be associated with the CBI in the probe involving Karnataka mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy.