Vijayawada, December 29: Anti Corruption Bureau sleuths on Tuesday conducted raids on residence of Kanuru Panchayat Village Revenue Officer and unearthed property worth Rs 40 crore disproportionate to his known sources of income.
According to Vijayawada Range DSP Venkat Rao, the ACB sleuths conducted the raids after being tipped off that the Kanuru VRO Nellari Venkata Subramaneshwara Rao (50) was leading a lavish lifestyle.
The raids were conducted on the Subramaneshwara Rao’s residence at Kanuru, Penamaluru mandal in Krishna district and also at his Ongole residence simultaneously. The ACB sleuths also conducted simultaneous raids on the residences of his relatives.
According to the information, the ACB sleuths have discovered that the tainted official possessed assets including 88 acres of land and documents pertaining to seven flats at Yalamanchili, Ongole and Visakhapatnam city, apart from independent luxurious houses, gold and silver worth Rs 45,000 and net cash of Rs 78,000. The house in which the tainted official was residing in is alone worth about Rs 30 lakh and it was furnished with appliances worth around Rs 8 lakh. Apart from these, two luxury cars were also seized.
Further raids are continuing and a man-hunt has been launched to nab the absconding accused officer.
INN