ACB Searches Detect Irregularities at Warangal SRO Office
During the searches, 20 unauthorized agents and document writers were found present in the office. An unaccounted amount of Rs.47,450 was seized along with 70 unregistered documents
Hyderabad: The surprise checks carried out by the sleuths of Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) enabled them in detecting several irregularities at the Sub-Registrar Office in Warangal.
During the searches, 20 unauthorized agents and document writers were found present in the office. An unaccounted amount of Rs.47,450 was seized along with 70 unregistered documents.
On verification of mobile phones belonging to the document writers revealed several WhatsApp chats between SRO-I Jamalapuram Ramanarsimha Rao and SRO-II Davuluri Anand, indicating PhonePe transactions with document writers amounting to approximately Rs.42.03 lakh over the past year.
It was also found that 204 undelivered registered documents were in the possession of the SROs.
Simultaneous searches at the residential houses of SRO-I and SRO-II led to the recovery of net cash of Rs.24.61 lakh, 819.500 grams of gold ornaments, 2.600 kilograms of silver ornaments, fixed deposits worth Rs.30.10 lakh at Kapil Chits from the house Davuluri Anand.
The ACB also detected several other irregularities during the course of the surprise check. A detailed report will be submitted to the government for taking necessary action, according to a statement issued by the ACB here on Friday.