Young hero Ram Charan Teja a.k.a Cherry must be very much excited to become the “damaad” of Apollo group chairman Pratap C Reddy’s family, but one wonders whether he has turned out to be an iron leg for them.
There is a talk that the Apollo family, which has the clean track record and high reputation in the business, has been in trouble in connection with the sensational 2G spectrum scandal ever since it has decided to invite Ram Charan Teja into the family by getting him married to Reddy’s granddaughter Upasana Kamineni.
On Monday, the Central Bureau of Investigation authorities raided the house of Suneetha Reddy, second daughter of Pratap C Reddy and director (finance) of the Apollo group and confiscated several documents pertaining to allotment of 2G spectrum to mobile service provider Aircel, of whom she was the chairperson in 2005. Suneetha happens to be the sister of Shobana Kamineni, mother of Upasana Kamineni.
On September 15, too, the CBI authorities reportedly grilled Suneetha in connection with the Aircel-Maxis deal involved in the 2G spectrum allotments. The CBI recorded her statement as part of the preliminary inquiry.
Suneetha has two more sisters – Prita Reddy and Sangeetha Reddy. While Prita is the group MD, Sangeetha is the MD of Apollo hospitals. Shobhana is the director (projects) of the group. One wonders whether the family is now viewing Cherry as an iron leg.
