Netas’ sons held for Rs 50 lakh duty evasion

The sons of Uppal MLA Bandari Raji Reddy and state housing minister Kanna Lakshminarayana were held along with two others at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport when they alighted from a Dubai-Hyderabad flight early on Wednesday morning. Between them the four carried undeclared watches, sunglasses and liquor worth more than Rs 50 lakh. The minister, however, was quick to point out that his son had nothing to do with the other three and the seized goods were also not his. The detained are Bandari Laxma Reddy, Kanna Phaneendra, Goduru Prasad and Maraboina Ravi Kumar.

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence was apparently tipped off by the Dubai authorities and the four were apprehended and the goods seized when they landed at 3 am. Officials also said that one of those held is a big shot from a local TV channel. Interestingly, minister Kanna Lakshminarayana told this newspaper that his son Phaneendra had nothing to do with the case. Refuting allegations that he had rushed to the airport to his son’s rescue, the minister said that he was in Amaravati mandal in Guntur when he received the call and had actually snubbed his son.
18/01/12 Deccan Chronicle

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Categories: airports Jan 2012