Hyderabad, March 17: Two government officials, one from the AP Central Power Distribution Corporation Limited (APCPDCL) and the other from the forest department, were found in possession of disproportionate assets worth more than Rs1.75 crore in searches conducted by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths in the city yesterday. Officials estimate the market value of the assets to be about Rs 7 crore.
Searches in the Himayathnagar residence of S Chittaranjan, the assistant divisional engineer (construction-II) in the office of the APCPDCL in Hyderabad and his office uncovered assets worth Rs1.16 crore registered in his and his family members’ names.
The other assets of Chittaranjan include Rs10.75 lakh cash, 620 gm gold ornaments worth Rs 7.06 lakh, investments to the tune of Rs 25 lakh in Gangotri Developers, a Swift car worth Rs 6 lakh, a couple of two-wheelers, household articles worth Rs1.50 lakh, fixed deposits worth Rs 35,000, bank balance of Rs 34,000, investments in LIC and chits to the tune of Rs 5.90 lakh. “Chittaranjan gave loans amounting to Rs11.50 lakh to various persons,” the release said putting the total value of these other assets at Rs 69.20 lakh.
Searches in the Toli Chowki residence of Syed Zhed Ali, the forest range officer (FRO) of Kagaznagar in Adilabad district today uncovered assets worth `60 lakh. Simultaneous searches were conducted in the houses of Ali’s relatives and friends in Hyderabad and Karimnagar.
Ali was in possession of six house plots and two buildings in Karinmagar and Adilabad districts, an apartment in MD Lines in the city, 2.10 acre agricultural land at Luxettipet in Adilabad, a Tavera car and a two-wheeler, 57 tola gold ornaments,Rs 2.5 lakh cash and household articles of Rs 3 lakh.
“Searches are still going on in the homes of the two officials and they would be arrested and produced before an ACB court in the city,” a release said.
TRAPPED: A junior lineman in the APCPDCL (north), J Veera Narayana, was caught at his office at Clock Tower in Secunderabad today afternoon when he took Rs 4,000 to replace a burnt electrical meter and restore power supply to a consumer. Narayana took the money through a middleman, Umavath, who runs a pan shop at Secunderabad. Both would be produced before an ACB court in the city.
Meanwhile, the Town Planning Supervisor-II of the Municipal Corporation of Eluru in West Godavari, Ch Koteswara Rao, was caught taking Rs 2,000 bribe yesterday night from a person to approve a building plan. He took the money through a private licensed surveyor, Y Durga Veera Murali Prasad. Both would be produced before an ACB court in Vijayawada
–Agencies