Archive · 7 Dec 2025
SIT Links Jogi to Fake Liquor Racket
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) has filed a chargesheet saying that a fake liquor racket was operating in Ibrahimpatnam.
The leaders were Addepalli Janardhana Rao and Jogi Ramesh, a former minister.
They set up a secret place to make fake liquor.
The SIT says they did this to make people think that fake liquor was increasing under the current government.
The chargesheet names eight people involved.
The brothers, Janardhana Rao and Jaganmohan Rao, were in charge of making the fake liquor.
They gave money to Jogi Ramesh and another person regularly.
The SIT also found out that Ramesh and Janardhana Rao were friends for many years and worked together in bars.
The investigation showed how the illegal liquor network worked and how political people were connected to it.
The SIT has filed a chargesheet alleging a fake liquor racket operated in Ibrahimpatnam under the leadership of Addepalli Janardhana Rao and with the support of former minister Jogi Ramesh.
The racket was designed to produce counterfeit liquor and create an impression of its proliferation under the present NDA coalition government.
The chargesheet names eight accused and outlines an organized network supervised by Janardhana Rao and his brother Jaganmohan Rao.
The brothers allegedly provided financial support to Jogi Ramesh and another associate, with transactions ranging from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 5 lakh every two to three months.
Ramesh and Janardhana Rao maintained close personal ties from 2006 to 2019 and were partners in Swarna Bar, later renamed Cherry Bar, playing a central role in the Ibrahimpatnam bar syndicate in 2017.
- Who
- Addepalli Janardhana Rao, Jogi Ramesh, and their associates
- What
- Operation of a fake liquor racket and illicit liquor manufacturing
- When
- From 2006 to 2019, with significant activities in 2017
- Where
- Ibrahimpatnam, Vijayawada, with a manufacturing unit in Mulakalacheruvu
- Why
- To produce counterfeit liquor and create an impression of its proliferation under the present government
- Accused Leaders
- Addepalli Janardhana Rao, Jogi Ramesh
- Location
- Ibrahimpatnam, Vijayawada
- Manufacturing Unit
- Mulakalacheruvu
- Financial Support
- Rs 3 lakh to Rs 5 lakh every 2-3 months
- Duration of Association
- 2006 to 2019
- Bars Involved
- Swarna Bar (later Cherry Bar)
- Year of Bar Syndicate
- 2017