The central government has accorded permission to the CBI to prosecute senior IAS officer Ms Sri Lakshmi, accused number 4 in the illegal mining case involving the former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan reddy.

Srilakshmi was arrested in the case a few days ago and she spent one day in Chanchalguda jail before she came out on bail.

Sources close to CBI in Hyderabad said the apex investigating agency has not yet received the sanction orders and is expecting it receive the sanction in a day or two officially.

CBI has already announced that the name of Srilakshmi was not mentioned in the charge sheet pending permission from the Ministry of Personnel which controls CBI at the Centre. Her name will now be listed as an accused in the supplementary charge sheet to be filed before the special CBI court at Nampally in Hyderabad in the next few days. (JUBS)