Friday , March 29 2024

ACB sleuths raid HMDA director’s houses

Hyderabad,  Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) ​officials ​on Friday raided 11 house​s​ simultaneously of Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) Director (Planning) K. Purushotham Reddy and his relatives here ​in connection with a disproportionate assets case booked against him.

​This is the second time​ that ACB ​ officials raided ​Reddy’s house ​in SR Nagar. In 2009, a similar case was booked against him. When ACB officials came to his house, Reddy allegedly escaped. He ​allegedly amassed illegal properties in the name of benamis.​ There are allegations that Reddy acquired properties in the name of his brother-in-law. The sleuths reportedly detected illegal assets worth Rs 30 to 40 crore in the day-long raids.

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