CBI arrests BJP MLA in illegal iron ore export scam

October 17, 2013 12:56

BJP MLA and former Karnataka minister Anand Singh was today arrested by CBI in connection with alleged illegal export of iron ore from Belikeri Port in Karnataka.

"Singh was arrested in the city," CBI officials told PTI.

Singh is the fourth MLA to be arrested by the CBI in the case after B Nagendra and Satish Sail, both independents, and Suresh Babu of BSR Congress headed by former minister B Sriramulu, a close aide of mining baron and former minister Janardhana Reddy, now in jail in an illegal mining case.

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