ED summons Kadapa MP in money-laundering case linked to murder
India’s Enforcement Directorate has summoned Kadapa MP Y.S. Avinash Reddy to appear on October 14 in a money-laundering investigation connected to the 2019 murder of former minister Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy. Avinash Reddy is listed as Accused No. 8 in the murder case.
India’s Enforcement Directorate has summoned Kadapa MP Y.S. Avinash Reddy to appear before investigators on October 14 in a money-laundering case linked to the 2019 murder of former minister Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy.
Avinash Reddy is listed as Accused No. 8 in the murder case. The ED is examining alleged financial transactions connected to the killing under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
Investigators have questioned other people accused in the murder, including Yerra Gangi Reddy, Umashankar Reddy and Sunil Yadav. The case is based partly on allegations that crores of rupees were paid to people involved in the killing. Vivekananda Reddy, the brother of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S.
Rajasekhara Reddy and uncle of former chief minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, was found dead at his residence in Pulivendula in Kadapa district in March 2019. His death was initially described as a heart attack.
The Central Bureau of Investigation took over the investigation in 2020 after Vivekananda Reddy’s daughter, Suneetha Narreddy, sought an independent inquiry. The Supreme Court later moved the trial to Telangana. The ED’s current inquiry is focused on alleged money laundering and financial transactions associated with the murder.
The summons requires Avinash Reddy to appear before the agency’s investigating officers. The supplied material does not state whether he has responded to the summons or provide details of the allegations against him beyond his status in the murder case.
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