Eenadu chief Ramoji Rao and his son Ch Kiron surrendered in the three-town police station in Visakhapatnam. The surrender follows a directive given by the High Court in the land cheating case.
Ramoji Rao and Kiron are on bail for the past three months in connection with a case. The High court set the pre-condition for extending the bail.
Ramoji Rao and his son are alleged to have taken land in lieu of land surrendered for road widening in Visakhapatnam. The petitioner said that he had been cheated, as Ramoji Rao is not the owner but only a tenant. Hence he had no right to take compensation from government and then get it registered in his name.
High drama preceded the surrendered. Ramoji Rao and Kiron were ‘covered’ with the help of tow large black umbrellas. Some of the staff from his group companies formed into a shield and obstructed TV cameramen and photographers from taking pictures and video. The even used plastic chairs to block the waiting lens men from taking pictures. The TV crew had a difficult time catching them on their cameras.
Media baron and chief of Eenadu and Margadarsi group Ramoji Rao along with his son Kiran surrendered in court on Visakhapatnam today.
The media baron has been accused of cheating the owner of the land in Seethammadhara where the Eenadu office is located.
The government acquired soma part of the land for road widening and gave alternate land. But Ramoji Rao and Kiran who happen to be just the lease holders got the compensation land registered in their names when it should have been rightfully given to the owner of the property.
The media baron Ramoji Rao who preaches values and ethics through his paper Eenadu is not known to practice them.
When the media gathered outside the court premises to cover the event of Ramoji Rao and his son Kiran attending the court, the goons of Ramoji Rao prevented the scribes from covering this.
The goons attacked the TV journalists and beat up a couple of reporters. The camera of a TV journalist was damaged.
The journalists have lodged a complaint against Ramoji Rao in the police station.
2011/7/19 22:04:10 Media baron Ramoji Rao had to wear black face again on a land deal case. All his 3 petitions meant to prolong the land lease deal case were scrapped by 9th session court judge at Visakhapatnam on Wednesday.
Ramoji Rao, who often slings mud against others through his powerful media network, has been illegally occupying a piece of prime land for years after the expiry of the lease deal. He took 2.78 acres of prime land on 33 years long lease from Manthena Aditya Varma in the year 1974 to establish his Eenadu news paper unit. This lease agreement was completed in year 2007, but he refuses to vacate and hand over the land to its owner Varma until now.
Ramoji Rao not only refusing to vacate the land, but he has also surrendered a piece of land from it to government for roads widening and obtained the same size of land in another area on his name as an exchange. He not even bothered to consult or take permission from the owner of the land before making this deal. This land is located in Seethammadhara area the heart of the Visakhapatnam city, from where his Eenadu Vizag edition is running now.
When, Manthena Aditya Varma fails to get possession of his site, he has complained against Ramoji Rao in 3town police station on 6.12.2007. But, even the police were afraid to take any action against the powerful and highly influenced Ramoji Rao. Hence, Varma sought the help of High Court. It has ordered the police to file an FIR against Ramoji Rao and start investigation of the case. Then only, the police have filed an FIR against Ramoji Rao (on 8.5.2010) with which Ramoji Rao is forced to step into court to counter the case. But, he is clever enough to use the loop holes in our law. He keep filing separate petitions on various reasons to prolong the case. In his petitions, he has asked the court to postpone the case as the lease documents were under mortgage with Union bank of India, Hyderabad. But, since the land owner Varma posses the copy of the lease deal, the court has scrapped Ramoji Rao’s petitions and adjourned the case to August 8th.
2007/12/11 7:08:15 This could be the ultimate embarrassment faced by media baron Ramoji Rao in all his life. A case under section 420 has been booked against him. The case pertains to the 2.7 acres land leased out to Ramoji Rao by one M A Easwarkumar Varma.
Varma now alleges that Ramoji Rao and his son Ch Kiron, MD of Eenadu have cheated him by forging some documents. The government acquired about 570 yards of land from the site for road widening. The government gave an alternative site measuring about 600 yards.
Varma says that Ramoji Rao and his son have got the land registered in their names when it should rightfully belong to him. He approached the court and the court has now directed the police to file a case and serve notices to Ramoji Rao and Kiron under section 420 and other sections.
2008/3/11 5:51:26 Eenadu chief editor and Margadarsi chairman Ramoji Rao faced some very embarrassing situation today. Ramoji Rao had field a petition in the high court in connection with some income tax notices served on him. In his petition Ramoji Rao made some personal allegations against chief minister YS Rajashekar Reddy. The court took objection to this and asked Ramoji Rao to drop the personal allegations and submit the petition afresh. But even after a week, Ramoji did not comply.
The High Court today took a strong note of this and raped Ramoji on the knuckles. The court asked Ramoji to comply with its directive immediately. The court also slapped a fine of 10,000 rupees on Ramoji Rao.
Happy birthday to Mass raja Ravi Teja. He turns 42 today.
While it should be a happy occasion to him, his two brothers Raghu and Bharath who caught red hand carrying drugs few months ago, annoys him as they both have to attend the Crime Police Station today for signing the attendance register to conform that they didn’t left the city nor they were absconding from the police. While, they are returning from the Police Station, when media tried to ask them some questions and to capture them in their cameras, they burst with angry and abused the media persons. Indeed, brothers like them are disgraceful to a hero like Ravi Teja who had a good reputation in the industry as well as in the audiences.
It is quiet a coincident that producer C.Kalyan also visits the same police Station today to face further interrogation.
It seems now the crime police have to open a separate station in Film Nagar to process all the cases of Tollywood.
2008/3/29 2:06:20 Media baron and chairman of Margadarsi financiers, Cherukuri Ramoji Rao is now in real trouble. The Supreme Court on Friday set aside his plea seeking a stay on the investigations by the state police into the alleged irregularities by the state government and investigating agencies.
The Supreme Court has now made it clear that the state government can now initiate action against Ramoji Rao for any irregularities committed by his group. If found guilty, Ramoji Rao will have to pay a fine of 7,000 crore and also face the prospect of a two year jail term.
Jagan’s Saakshi naturally went to town with this development. It carried two big stories very prominently on page one today. Ramoji Rao and his son Ch Kiron are now on bail for four months in connection with a criminal case related to land in Visakhapatnam.
2012/1/28 6:19:32 Media baron CH Ramoji Rao, who tried to bluff the Supreme Court, got a stern warning for it.
He obtained a prime location (Seetammadhara area) in Visakhapatnam on long lease from Kumar Varma and started his 'Eenadu' news paper three decades ago. However, he not only handed over a part of the land for road widening and obtained the same size of land in some other place on his own name, but also not bothered to inform the owner of the site about the deal. When, the lease period was over some ten years ago, then only the owner come to know about his deals. Then onwards, the owner of the site tried getting back his site but in vain.
He even tried to bring him to book, but Ramoji Rao being the media baron and having high influence in the Government, no one dares to against him, even police.
After a decade-long battle in the courts, the owner of the site Kumar Varma has proved his ownership of the site and also proved that he has been cheated by Ramoji Rao in all aspects. Even then also Ramoji Rao has been wisely prolonging the case filing new petitions in different courts.
Even today, he is not ready to vacate the land nor is willing to accept the court orders. A cheating case has been filed against him in 3 Town Police station in Visakhapatnam upon the court orders. Yet, Ramoji Rao preferred to take the legal battle to higher level- Supreme Court.
Although he acquired 11,000 sq.ft. on lease from Kumar Varma, Ramoji Rao has tried to bluff the Supreme Court stating that he has taken only 9200 sq.ft only on lease and rest of the land which measures 1800 sq.ft belongs to him. He also appealed the court to allow him to make some changes to his petition filed in High Court against Kumar Varma, and to order the owner of the site to extend the lease period.
The Supreme Court which was satisfied with the documental evidences submitted by land owner Kumar Varma, has not only rejected Ramoji Rao's petition and also warned him that he has to face criminal charges for intentionally misguiding the courts.
Then also Ramoji Rao once again tried to bluff the Supreme Court stating that he has been with the opinion that the 1800 sq.ft piece of land his own and he is not aware of the fact that it belongs to Kumar Varma.
Supreme Court comprising Justice Lodha and Gokle have given a stern warning to Ramoji Rao and dismissed his petition.
2007/8/8 10:18:59 The owner of Eenadu and Margadarsi and RFC chief Ramoji Rao is facing the biggest challenge in his life today. The land tribunal delivered its verdict today and it has gone against Ramoji Rao.
The land tribunal has found Ramoji Rao and his group companies along with his family members, about 1800 acres of surplus lands. This is against the land reforms act. No individual or a family can hold more than 500 acres of land. The tribunal has directed Ramoji Rao to surrender the land.
Ramoji Rao has been given 15 days time to respond to the notice. According to some lawyers, Ramoji Rao now has no option but to comply with the order.
But people who have watched him for some years say that Ramoji will not give up without a fight. He may drag the issue in courts for years on end if possible. The details of the verdict will be known tomorrow.
2011/10/9 8:38:08 YS.Jagan Mohan Reddy accompanied by his followers has staged picket before Pulivendhula Police station in Kadapa on Sunday evening as the police have beaten his party worker Rehmatullah. He demands for the suspension of CI and SI and also demands for explanation from them. He accused the police are harassing his party workers.
2008/3/19 5:44:36 The MD of Margadarsi Chits and Financiers Sailaja Kiron, wife of Eenadu MD Ch Kiron was summoned by the IT officials yesterday. She was questioned for over an hour. Sailaja was asked to explain some irregularities in Margadarsi financers and also the transfer of fund between the two groups.
A large media contingent was present outside the IT office. But Sailaja refused to talk to the media. She covered her face with the pallu of her sari and evaded the waiting photographers and videographers. Ramoji Rao and Kiron also adopted similar tactics when they surrender in a police station in Visakhapatnam recently. They were shielded by personal bodyguards with the help of big umbrellas. The media was obstructed from doing its duty.
The same Ramoji Rao does not leave a chance to cry hoarse about press freedom from the rooftops at the slightest opportunity. But when it comes to himself, he adopts a different yardstick.
2008/2/11 9:00:22 The Eenadu chief Ramoji Rao and his son Ch. Kiron are now on bail. They have been on bail for almost three months now. The court issued an arrest warrant on Ramoji Rao and Kiron flowing a case filed by the owner of the premises on which Eenadu now stands.
The petitioner claimed that Ramoji Rao and Kiron had cheated him by forging some documents. He said that Ramoi Rao surrendered a part of the land to the government for road widening. The government gave alternate land and Ramoji Rao and Kiron got the land registered in their names.
Ramoji Rao has since refuted this. He claimed that he and his son are innocent. Ramoji Rao moved a bail petition in the High Court seeking extension of bail. The High Court directed Ramoji Rao to first surrender before the court in Visakhapatnam within the next ten day. The High Court will take up his bail petition after that.
2011/10/13 20:50:20 CPI MLA Kunanmneni Sambhasiva Rao, who starts an indefinite hunger strike at Kottagudem demanding to introduce Telangana Bill in the winter parliament sessions, has been arrested by police on Thursday. Later, when the police dropped him at his house he restarts his hunger strike at home. He warned the police, if they try to disrupt his Deeksha again he will commit suicide. Hence, the police have shifted him to police station as a precautionary measure, where he is continuing his Deeksha.
TJAC leaders begin a dharna before Kottagudem Police station protesting the police action. They demand for immediate release of Sambhasiva Rao and let him continue his Deeksha.
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The Eenadu and Margadarsi baron Ramoji Rao has constructed a palatial bungalow in the Ramoji film city.
The ‘palace’ that resembles a fortress has been constructed on top of a hill. The palace is reportedly worth about 200 crore. Ramoji has also got a helipad constructed near his palace.
The TRS supreme KCR's daughter Kavitha has been arrested for trying to stop trains as part of rasta roko call given by the T-JAC. The police has taken a serious vies of the matter and arrested her and slapped several cases against her as per the railway act.
Kavitha had to spend a night in police lockup. She has now been released on bail but on certain conditions. Kavitha now has to come to the police station and sign in the register every Sunday or Monday. The other condition is that she cannot come with a big group of supporters but has to come with just one person to accompany her.
2011/10/15 7:45:06 The Central Crime Station of Hyderabad City Police on Saturday arrested two persons who were allegedly involved in chain snatching offences.
The accused Shaik Babulal and Mandru Muralidhar are aged about 20 years. According to police, they are the associates of Ramesh Reddy, Venkat Yadav, Shaik Jamal and Kittu, other accused in the similar offences. All of them stay at Krishnanagar, Indiaranagar of Banjara Hills and work as junior artists in the film industry.
The accused used to target the olden women walking in the morning hours. The accused Babulal and Muralidhar have so for allegedly committed six offences of chain snatching, of which three cases pertained to Sanjeeva Reddy Nagar police station, two cases were registered at Madhapur police station and another case was booked by the Jubilee Hills Police Station.
The police recovered gold ornaments weighing about 50 grams and one Honda Deo motor cycle bearing No. AP-09BX-1163 from their possession.
Police say that the efforts have been intensified to arrest the absconding accused and to recover the stolen property. Both the accused are being remanded to judicial custody. (INN)
2011/8/2 4:11:11 The staunch follower and one of the most trusted lieutenants of former Telugu Desam Party MLA from Penukonda, Paritala Ravindra, Chaman on Tuesday surrendered before the Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy at his office.
Fearing for his life, the slain TDP MLA’s trusted lieutenant had gone into a self imposed exile following Paritala Ravindra’s assassination in 2005 and his whereabouts were unknown till now.
According to reports, Chaman had gone underground in Belgaum in Karnataka state immediately after the assassination of Paritala Ravindra.
Though the motive behind his surrender is not known, the police sources said that ill health may be the reason behind Chaman’s decision to surrender.
The former factionist is believed to be the prime accused in about 22 cases, including land settlement cases.
He is also involved in TV Bomb blast in the house of Maddelacheruvu Suri, the prime accused in the murder of Paritala Ravindra.
Incidentally, Suri himself was shot dead recently by his trusted lieutenant Bhanu Kiran.
Hailing from Kotthapalli village in Ramagiri mandal of Anantapur district, Chaman had played a key role in the Revolutionary Organising Centre (ROC) in its heyday.
Following directions from the DGP, the police have shifted him to the SR Nagar police station. Sources say that he may be moved to an undisclosed location as a precautionary measure.(INN)
2007/9/12 2:13:03 The police are taking a lot of care to see that Venkat, son of former PCC chief K Keshava Rao is not put to even the slightest of trouble. Venkat was taken to the Punjaguta police station for questioning when the case was registered at the Jubilee hills police station. The reason? There is no AC room at Jubilee hills PS! It is even alleged that liquor bottles were seen to have been supplied to him during hi time in police custody. The same thin was reported when he was in the ICU at Apollo. Venkat’s friends were seen taking liquor bottles into the ICU. The police also allowed Venkat to visit his house and spend some time with his dogs! The way the police are treating Venkat with kid gloves, it appears that the investigation is being carried out in such a way as to prove that the incident is a case of suicide and not murder.
2011/12/11 14:51:22 Hyderabad, Dec 11 (INN): The South Zone team of Commissioner’s Task Force on Sunday arrested two persons against whom non-bailable warrants were issued by the courts.
The arrested accused are Syed Ansar Ali of Vattepally and Mohd. Noor Khan of Edibazar.
According to police, in the year 1991 Ansar Ali attacked one Mir Muzaffar Ali along with his associate Md Akram with a knife due to previous enmity. A case of attempt to murder was then registered against him in the Kamatipura Police Station. Later a rowdy-sheet was also opened against him and was being maintained at Chandrayangutta police station. Since he was not attending the court, a non bailable warrant was issued against him.
Similarly, Noor Khan was involved in a cheating case in the year 2003 in the Kachiguda Police Station limits. He too was not attending the court.
Both the warrantees were handed over to concerned police stations for necessary action.
Media baron CH Ramoji Rao, who tried to bluff the Supreme Court, got a stern warning for it. 
YS.Jagan Mohan Reddy accompanied by his followers has staged picket before Pulivendhula Police station in Kadapa on Sunday evening as the police have beaten his party worker Rehmatullah. He demands for the suspension of CI and SI and also demands for explanation from them. He accused the police are harassing his party workers. 
CPI MLA Kunanmneni Sambhasiva Rao, who starts an indefinite hunger strike at Kottagudem demanding to introduce Telangana Bill in the winter parliament sessions, has been arrested by police on Thursday. Later, when the police dropped him at his house he restarts his hunger strike at home. He warned the police, if they try to disrupt his Deeksha again he will commit suicide. Hence, the police have shifted him to police station as a precautionary measure, where he is continuing his Deeksha. 
