Janaradhana Reddy Arrested

He is the middle brother of the three Reddys - the billionaire barons whose influence and clout in Karnataka's Bellary is legend. Gali Janardhana Reddy's enterprise and ambition that is said to have propelled the trio, and their constant aide Sriramulu, to dizzying heights of wealth and power.

Janardhana Reddy insists he is not a king. No, no, no, he protested, as a servant trotted across the courtyard to deliver a cup of cooled water. Men with machine guns stood outside. An architect waited to discuss the new mansion, while another man hovered nearby, sitting in the grass. "He's the state minister of health," Mr Reddy said of the man in...

He is the middle brother of the three Reddys - the billionaire barons whose influence and clout in Karnataka's Bellary is legend. Gali Janardhana Reddy's enterprise and ambition that is said to have propelled the trio, and their constant aide Sriramulu, to dizzying heights of wealth and power.

Janardhana Reddy insists he is not a king. No, no, no, he protested, as a servant trotted across the courtyard to deliver a cup of cooled water. Men with machine guns stood outside. An architect waited to discuss the new mansion, while another man hovered nearby, sitting in the grass. "He's the state minister of health," Mr Reddy said of the man in...