Senior T'gana official held in DA case; Rs.100-cr assets found
Hyderabad, May 24 -- The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Telangana Police on Saturday arrested Marri Vamsi Mohan, special grade deputy collector in the urban land ceiling (ULC) wing at the Medchal-Malkajgiri collectorate, a day after conducting searches at his residence and 11 other premises in connection with a disproportionate assets case. According to an official, assets worth around Rs.100 crore was discovered during the search.
"The accused officer was produced before the principal special judge for special police establishment and ACB cases in Hyderabad on Saturday and remanded to 14 days' judicial custody. The case is under investigation," an ACB statement said.
Searches were carried out at Mohan's residence in Vanasthalipuram, his office in the ULC wing at Medchal, and 11 other locations linked to his relatives, associates and suspected "benamis". ACB deputy superintendent of police Laxmikanth Reddy said 10 to 12 teams conducted raids at 13 locations starting Friday morning. A case under sections of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, has been registered against Mohan.
During the searches, which continued until late Friday night, officials found that Mohan owned 19 open plots officially valued at nearly Rs.4.46 crore. Apart from the plots, ACB teams found that Mohan owned an independent house, two flats worth around Rs.1.12 crore, a farmhouse in Ibrahimpatnam, cash and bank deposits exceeding Rs.22 lakh, gold ornaments weighing 122 grams and two cars, including a Toyota Innova Crysta and a Kia vehicle.
ACB also identified a suspicious purchase of eight acres in Rangareddy district allegedly linked to the officer's family. "Though the document value of these assets is around Rs.6.22 crore, the market value of all the assets put together is estimated at more than Rs.100 crore," an official familiar with the development said....
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