A Hyderabad villa and related sale consideration valued at about ₹6.7 crore have been provisionally attached by the Income Tax department’s Hyderabad Benami Prohibition unit in a probe linked to the alleged Andhra Pradesh liquor scam, according to an attachment order reported by the Times of India. The order identifies Andhra Pradesh State Beverages Corporation Limited managing director Donthireddy Vasudeva Reddy as “the person appearing to be the beneficial owner”.
The property, Villa No. 15 at Rolling Meadows in Thukkuguda, was purchased in April 2023 in the name of Vasudeva Reddy’s brother-in-law, Marella Vijaya Narasimha Reddy, for ₹3.2 crore. It was subsequently transferred to Vasudeva Reddy’s wife, Kalpana Dontireddy, for ₹3.5 crore in December 2025, after the inquiry had begun, the report said.
The attachment order records that Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Milk Chilling Centre transferred ₹3.3 crore into Vijaya Narasimha Reddy’s nearly inactive savings account on April 2, 2023. The money was remitted to developer Aalay Infra the following day, and the villa was registered on April 11, according to the order.
The Income Tax unit’s alleged funding trail runs through liquor-company payments, a proprietorship called VNR Global, capital contributions to the milk chilling centre and the savings account used for the property transaction. The order says approximately ₹8.9 crore was received from APSBCL beer supplier B9 Beverages as “sales promotion” commission. It also refers to subsequent payments from Bacardi India totalling ₹6.6 crore.
The attachment order further states that Vijaya Narasimha Reddy introduced ₹8.5 crore as capital into the milk chilling centre during 2022–23. VNR Dairy Products transferred ₹99 lakh to the entity, while Dataevolve Solutions allegedly extended interest-free and unrepaid loans of ₹1.2 crore to the milk chilling centre and ₹4.9 crore to VNR Global.
Statements were recorded on oath on August 7 and 8, 2025. The order alleges that Vijaya Narasimha Reddy omitted the villa from his property list and Kalpana Dontireddy from the partners’ list submitted to investigative agencies. The transfer to Kalpana took place about four months later. The stated reason was the vendor’s “urgent financial necessities”.
A mortgage in favour of Nido Home Finance Limited was recorded the day after the transfer. Two cheques totalling ₹3.5 crore appear to represent Nido’s disbursement, according to the order. The money attachment also extends to specified account balances and assets into which the sale consideration was converted, although the report said full recovery had not been established.
The villa occupies 902 square yards in Mankhal village, within Thukkuguda municipality in Maheshwaram mandal of Ranga Reddy district. It has a total saleable constructed area of 9,556 square feet, comprising 3,207 square feet on the ground floor, 3,693 square feet on the first floor and 2,656 square feet on the second floor.
The action is provisional and has not resulted in confiscation. Approval for the attachment was recorded on November 9, while both attachments await adjudication. The order also states that neither the alleged benamidar nor the person identified as the beneficial owner responded or appeared during the notice proceedings.
