The investigation into the alleged liquor scam during the Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy government has taken a dramatic turn, with Kasireddy Rajasekhar Reddy, alias Raj Kasireddy — named Accused No. 1 (A-1) — implicating former YSR Congress Party general secretary and ex-MP V Vijay Sai Reddy in the case.
According to the remand report submitted by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to the court on Tuesday night, Kasireddy revealed that he had collected kickbacks ranging from ₹50 to ₹60 crore from each liquor manufacturing company and distillery that received supply orders during the Jagan administration.
The report further stated that Kasireddy admitted to transferring these funds to several key individuals, including Jagan's Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Krishna Mohan Reddy, Rajampet MP Mithun Reddy, Vijay Sai Reddy, and a person named Balaji.
"Between 2019 and 2024, Kasireddy collected bribes amounting to ₹3,200 crore," the report claimed.
To facilitate the bribery operations, D. Satya Prasad, then Assistant Secretary, was assigned a crucial role.
He was allegedly promised promotion to the IAS cadre through the civil services quota by 2023. A special officer was also appointed to oversee the entire liquor policy implementation.
As part of the alleged plan, the team decided to dismantle the Excise Department’s C-Tel software system, which was used to monitor liquor sales and supply through automation.
This move was intended to eliminate transparency and shift operations to an offline, manual system — enabling the manipulation of data and systematic extraction of bribes.
Based on Kasireddy’s confession, the SIT has now named Vijay Sai Reddy as Accused No. 5 (A-5), former APBCL Managing Director D Vasudeva Reddy as A-2, Satya Prasad as A-3, Mithun Reddy as A-4, and several other YSRCP leaders, officials, and companies as A-6 through A-29.
