CBI OMC Case: Srilakshmi IAS Sent to Jail
posted on Jan 7, 2012 10:14AM
Senior IAS officer Y. Srilakshmi surrendered before the CBI court on Friday evening, accompanied by her lawyer and two family friends. On January 2, the High Court cancelled her bail directing her to surrender before the trial court by January 6. She appealed to the Supreme Court, which refused to stay the order on Friday.
Ms Srilakshmi is an accused in the Obalapuram Mining Company case. She was arrested on a charge of abusing her official position to grant favours to former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy owned OMC, on November 28. Initially composed, she seemed to be on the verge of breaking down when the judge remanded her to custody till January 12.