The Anti-Corruption Bureau conducted simultaneous searches on Tuesday at the residence and other properties linked to Telangana MEPMA Additional Mission Director Dr N. Yadagiri Rao as part of a disproportionate assets case, according to a report by Telangana Today. The operation was underway when the report was published, and the total value of the assets examined or any seizures had not yet been established.
A special ACB team led by DSP Anand Kumar reached Rao’s residence in High Court Colony, Uppal, in the early hours and began examining records. The searches form part of an investigation into allegations that Rao possessed assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
Officials were examining property documents, financial records and other papers during the search at the residence. Simultaneous searches were also being conducted at properties reportedly linked to Rao in various locations, the report said.
The operation places the functioning of a public institution involved in urban livelihoods under scrutiny. Telangana MEPMA is the state-level institutional reference in the report, while the supplied material does not provide further details about Rao’s responsibilities, the properties being searched or the financial period under investigation.
The ACB had not disclosed, in the supplied report, the estimated value of the assets under examination. No details were available about whether officials had seized documents, electronic devices, cash or other material. Those details were expected after the searches concluded.
A disproportionate assets case examines whether a public official’s known assets can be accounted for through identified income sources. The searches themselves are an investigative step and do not establish guilt. The allegations against Rao remain subject to the ACB investigation and any subsequent legal proceedings.
The report did not state whether Rao or representatives of Telangana MEPMA had issued a response to the searches. It also did not provide details of an FIR, the specific properties covered beyond the Uppal residence, or the next procedural steps in the case.
The immediate official milestone is the completion of the searches and the release of further information by the Anti-Corruption Bureau on the documents, assets or other material examined during the operation.
