Sri stonewalls CBI, but tears speak for her

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HYDERABAD: During her three days in CBI custody, IAS officer Y Srilakshmi reportedly stonewalled the agency's queries regarding w..

HYDERABAD: During her three days in CBI custody, IAS officer Y Srilakshmi reportedly stonewalled the agency's queries regarding who influenced her into opening up a loophole that allowed Gali Janardhan Reddy's Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) to mine ore in Anantapur district and ship it to destinations beyond the state.Her stock answers reportedly were: "I don't know." and "there was pressure from higherups and politicians." When pressed, she broke down.
In its counteraffidavit opposing bail for Srilakshmi, the CBI said the officer did not cooperate in the interrogation, remaining tightlipped to queries on the two GOs that she signed in favour of OMC. The IAS officer was produced in the CBI Special court at around 3.30 pm. Her husband M Gopi Krishna, an inspectorgeneral (IG) rank officer in the Crime Investigation Department (CID), had already arrived an hour earlier to confer with her counsel. As soon as Srilakshmi entered the court hall, Gopi Krishna walked over to her side and took her hands in his, in a gesture of reassurance. A members of her family were in the court.

Clad in a light green sari, she looked the worse for wear after her three days in CBI custory, her eyes much reddened. Her As the court heard the CBI counsel's argument against bail for her, she cut a doleful picture, folding her hands in imploration to the magistrate.

``I want to go to the CBI office, Sir'' she replied.

Her counsel V Surender Rao requested the magistrate to provide her proper medical facilities in prison as she is a heart patient.