SEBI quizzing of Gopalakrishnan, Talluri starts

HYDERABAD: A four-member SEBI team on Thursday began the interrogation of former PriceWaterhouse auditors S Gopalakrishan and Talluri Srinivas at the Chanchalguda jail here.

The 6th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate yesterday had allowed the market regulator, investigating the Satyam scam, to question Gopalakrishnan and Talluri at the jail premises from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm.

The court has also granted permission to SEBI to quiz Satyam's former CFO V Srinivas on February 20.

Earlier, on the direction of the Supreme Court, the market watchdog interrogated and recorded the statements of the company's disgraced founder and former chairman B Ramalinga Raju and his brother Rama Raju for three days.

SEBI had last week moved the city court seeking permission to question the three other accused -- Vadlamani and former Price Waterhouse auditors S Gopalakrishnan and Talluri Srinivas.