Red sanders smuggler remanded in custody

May 27, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:50 am IST - KADAPA:

Mani Annan (left) being brought to the Kadapa SP's office on Tuesday.— PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Mani Annan (left) being brought to the Kadapa SP's office on Tuesday.— PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Red sanders smuggler Mani Annan (54) who has links with international smugglers Kollam Gangi Reddy and Mukesh Badani, was arrested in New Delhi on Monday.

The arrest was made by the Kadapa Red Sanders Anti-Smuggling Task Force team headed by Rajampet DSP V. Aravind Babu. He was brought to Kadapa on transit warrant on Tuesday. He was produced in the Railway Kodur Magistrate Court on Monday evening and remanded in judicial custody for 14 days till June 9. He has been lodged in the Kadapa Central Prison.

Mani Annan, who hails from Chennai, had been residing in Delhi for nearly a decade. He was operating with the nickname ‘Vishnu Bhai’, Kadapa Superintendent of Police Navin Gulati said here. He was accused no. 37 in the case of seizure of Kollam Gangi Reddy’s red sanders dump at Dhone in Kurnool district last year and in a case of seizure under the Railway Kodur police station limits last year.

Mr. Gulati described Mani Annan as a bigger international smuggler than Mukesh Badani. He had procured red sanders from smugglers in Rayalaseema, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka and smuggled them to China, Nepal, Myanmar and Dubai, he added.

“Mani Annan has close links with a YSRC leader and red sanders smuggler of Chagalamarri, Mastan Vali and another smuggler Viswanath,” Rajampet DSP Aravind Babu said.

Smuggler remanded to judicial custody for 14 days till June 9

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