Telangana ACB raids were underway at the house of R. Satyanarayana, a Deputy Executive Engineer in the Irrigation and Command Area Development department, as well as at locations linked to his relatives and associates, in a disproportionate assets case, according to the Anti-Corruption Bureau report cited by Deccan Chronicle.
Around 10 teams were conducting searches connected with Satyanarayana, 44, who is posted in Nagarkurnool district. The searches form part of a wider Telangana ACB crackdown on officials suspected of accumulating assets beyond their known sources of income.
The operation targets properties and records linked to the officer and people associated with him. The supplied report does not state whether Satyanarayana has been arrested or provide a final assessment of the assets allegedly identified during the searches.
The action follows another disproportionate-assets case registered a few days earlier against Yadagiri Rao Nallaguntla, Additional Director of the Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas, or MEPMA. In that case, the ACB conducted searches at 10 locations, including the official’s residence, office, bank lockers and properties linked to relatives, associates and alleged benamidars.
The ACB said the earlier case involved alleged acquisition of assets through corrupt practices and dubious means during the officer’s service. The case was registered under Section 13(1)(b) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. These provisions deal with possession of disproportionate assets and the associated punishment for a public servant found guilty.
During those searches, investigators found documents relating to several immovable properties. They included 12 open plots in different locations in Hyderabad and Nalgonda district, valued at Rs.58.63 lakh; two residential flats in Uppal valued at Rs.31.36 lakh; and a three-floor residential building with a penthouse in Uppal valued at approximately Rs.2 crore.
The properties listed in the report also included a reinforced cement concrete-roofed house in Suryapet, valued at Rs.4.75 lakh, and a commercial shop in Uppal valued at Rs.1.06 lakh. The report said the market value of the properties was expected to be substantially higher than their official valuation.
The latest searches involving Satyanarayana place the Irrigation and CAD department within the bureau’s current scrutiny of public officials. The department is responsible for functions connected with irrigation administration and command-area development, making integrity in its procurement, field supervision and project administration relevant to the functioning of public water infrastructure. The supplied report does not identify any specific irrigation project or transaction linked to the allegations against Satyanarayana.
The searches are investigative steps and do not by themselves establish guilt. Further action will depend on the documents, asset records and other material collected by the Anti-Corruption Bureau during the operation. The report does not provide a timeline for completion of the searches or indicate when the bureau will announce its next step.
