Hyderabad: Chennai Customs officials conducted searches at Telangana Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy’s son’s residence in the luxury watch smuggling case on Wednesday, Tv9 telugu reported.
The searches at Ponguleti Harsha Reddy’s residence went on for six hours, officials said. When contacted by a newspaper, Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy said that he was in Delhi for official party work and refused to comment further.
Notices to Ponguleti Harsha Reddy:
Chennai Customs had issued notices to Harsha Reddy for his involvement in smuggling of high end luxury watches worth Rs 1.7 crore. The watches – Patek Philipe 5740 and Breguet 2759 – were seized from an Indian national on his return from Singapore on Feb 5.
Investigation into the case indicated that he bought these watches from a Hong Kong-based Indian luxury watch dealer Muhammed Faherdeen Mubeen through an intermediary Alokam Naveen Kumar, who said that the transaction took place via crypto currency and hawala money.
Customs officials had asked him to appear on April 4 but he requested deferment as he was down with dengue. He later stated that he would attend questioning on April 27 on medical advice.
Harsha Reddy, who is also the director of Raghava Projects, had denied allegations.
The searches at Ponguleti Harsha Reddy’s residence went on for six hours, officials said. Telangana States News India: Top News India, States News, States News Headlines, Online State News India, State Politics news
