HYDERABAD: Clad in a pale-blue formal shirt and with a clean-shaven face, Gali Janardhan Reddy of Obulapuram Mining Company, , the key accused in the illegal mining case, appeared on the small screen and was quite obedient while answering the magistrate’s queries.Throughout the shortduration video conference, Janradhan Reddy and his brother-in-law BV Srinivas Reddy, who are lodged in the Chanchalguda central prison, stood up with folded hands as they answered the magistrate.With the judicial remand coming to an end on Monday, the prison officials produced the Reddys before special CBI magistrate B Naga Maruthi Sharma through video-conferencing facility around 10 am.Sources said the prison officials opted for videoconference due to security reasons.The magistrate, sitting in the video-conference cell located on the ground floor of the Nampally court, asked the accused, “How are you?’’ Janardhan Reddy said in a polite manner that they were happy in jail.The magistrate also made enquiries about their health.Sridhar, Chanchalguda prison jailer, submitted a brief report on the health of the accused and other matters to the court.A few minutes later, the magistrate extended their judicial remand by 14 days till October 17 with the CBI filing a memo seeking extension of the judicial custody.Earlier, the court had dismissed Janardhan Reddy’s bail petition and CBI’s custody plea.Both the parties are likely to file fresh petitions in the High Court shortly.
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