Andhra Liquor Probe: Avinash Reddy Surrenders, Remanded After SC Order

Overview

• M. Avinash Reddy surrendered before the Special Investigation Team in Vijayawada on February 26 after the Supreme Court refused anticipatory bail and directed him to give himself up by that date.
• Police arrested him following his surrender, produced him in a local court around 11:30 am, and secured his judicial remand, a police official said.
• Investigators have listed him as accused number seven and described him as a core operational conspirator, financial controller, and execution-level strategist linked to K. Rajsekhar Reddy.
• The government-constituted SIT, led by NTR District Commissioner of Police S. V. Rajashekhar Babu, is probing alleged kickbacks tied to distilleries and shell entities after an initial CID inquiry and FIR under IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act provisions.
• Prosecutors told courts he previously evaded arrest, was suspected of leaving the country with assistance from the main accused, and allegedly laundered commission payments to overseas safe havens.