The Central Bureau Investigation (CBI) has arrested Andhra Pradesh’s excise minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana for his alleged role in favouring companies that invested in Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's businesses. The arrest on May 24 followed CBI’s probe into disproportionate assets amassed by Jagan, son of late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. This is the first time that a serving minister has been arrested for corruption in the state.
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