Excise Inspector, Teacher Held In Disproportionate Assets Case, ₹20 Lakh Cash Seized
ACB arrests officer after evidence reveals corrupt practices during his tenure in Sircilla
Hyderabad: An excise prohibition inspector and a secondary grade teacher were arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in a disproportionate assets case, with officials seizing Rs 20 lakh in unaccounted cash and jewellery from their possession.
The accused, Gundeti Ramu, prohibition and excise inspector of Karimnagar Urban, and his associate Jakkani Venu, a secondary grade teacher at MPPS Obulapur in Mallal mandal of Jagtial district, were taken into custody on Tuesday.
According to the ACB, during his tenure as SHO of Vemulawada, Ramu allegedly received illegal gratification from a jaggery merchant through Venu on a regular basis via UPI transactions between 2022 and 2024.
The agency said Venu subsequently transferred the amounts to Ramu’s father’s account using his SBI and UBI accounts. Officials identified regular financial transactions, indicating that Venu’s account was used as an intermediary in a suspected benami arrangement to conceal the source of funds.
Searches at Ramu’s residence led to the recovery of Rs 20 lakh in unaccounted cash. The ACB stated that the findings indicated misuse of official position and dishonest conduct to obtain illegal gratification.
Both the accused were produced before the Special Judge for SPE and ACB cases in Karimnagar. The case is under investigation, and details of the complainant have been withheld for security reasons, the ACB said in a press release issued on Wednesday.
