Telangana ACB Raids Narahari’s Properties in DA Case

The ACB put at ₹13 crore, the document value of the assets, including property, cash, gold and bank balances that it had detected with Narahari Rao. It said the market value could be higher. Narahari Rao was being produced before the special ACB court in Nampally for judicial remand.

According to the officials, following the registration of the case under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, ACB officials conducted simultaneous searches at Narahari Rao’s residence and nine other locations connected to his relatives, associates, and suspected benamis.

The ACB said it uncovered a large volume of movable and immovable assets, including property documents, cash, gold, bank deposits, and fixed deposits. The officials also tated that the documents related to five open plots in Rangareddy district and agricultural land measuring 1.24 acres in Maheshwaram were identified.

Investigators also detected multiple residential properties, including a 2,500 square feet flat in Puppalguda, two flats measuring 1,860 square feet each in Narsingi, and another flat in Rajendranagar. In addition, papers regarding ownership of a G+3 building in Gachibowli’s TNGOs Colony and a G+2 residential building in Chatrinaka were found during the raids.

Officials said cash amounting to ₹1.54 crore was recovered from Narahari Rao’s residence. Bank balance worth ₹2.29 crore and fixed deposits valued at ₹5.04 crore were also identified. The searches led to the seizure of around 1.3 kilograms of gold ornaments and 8 kilograms of silver items. Two lockers in the name of the officer’s wife were traced and are expected to be opened as part of the investigation.

The total value of assets detected during the searches, including a car, was ₹13,05,67,100 based on document value, the ACB said. The market value may differ significantly. ACB officials said further verification of assets and benami links was underway.

What was found

The ACB said it had found ₹13 crore assets, by document value, during raids on Sunkari Narahari Rao, deputy director, Multi Zone-II, survey and land records department.

Five open plots in Rangareddy district.

1.24 acres agricultural land in Maheshwaram.

2,500 square feet flat in Puppalguda.

Two flats measuring 1,860 square feet each in Narsingi, another flat in Rajendranagar.

G+3 building in Gachibowli’s TNGOs Colony.

G+2 residential building in Chatrinaka.

₹1.54 crore cash

₹2.29 crore bank balance

₹5.04 crore fixed deposits.

1.3 kg gold ornaments, 8 kg silver items.

Two lockers in the name of the officer’s wife

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Big Catches

The ACB has arrested several ‘big fish’ this year

ACB Arrests in 2026

June 9: Mohan Naik Jarupla, engineer-in-chief, roads and buildings, arrested. Assets estimated at `18 crore*.

June 3: Nayini Bhujanga Rao, additional superintendent of police (under suspension), arrested. `6 crore assets found.

May 22: Marri Vamshi Mohan, special grade deputy collector of Medchal-Malkajgiri district’s urban land ceiling (ULC), arrested with `6.22 crore assets.

May 20: Davuluri Anand, SRO-II, sub-registrar office in Warangal district (under suspension) arrested with `1.94 crore assets.

May 19: S.A.L. Kumar, general manager (Engg), Project Div-VIII, Red Hills, HMWS&SB, arrested with ``5.88 crore assets.

March 8: Kamatam Sravan Kumar, Gajwel tahsildar, Siddipet district, was with ₹4 crore assets.

Feb. 21: Sundari Kiran Kumar, assistant director of agriculture, Kalwakurthy division, Nagarkurnool, nabbed with ₹4 crore assets.

Jan. 23: Kandadi Madhusudhan Reddy, joint sub-registrar (SRO-1), Rangareddy district, arrested with ₹7.83 crore assets. He had invested in a liquor business and had floated two shell companies.

Jan. 21: Arramada Venkat Reddy, additional collector (revenue), incharge district education officer, Hanamkonda district, booked with assets of more than ₹7.69 crore.

* Document valuations, market rates of the assets may be much higher.