Telangana: ACB unearths Rs 5 crore assets of Shabad inspector

HYDERABAD: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths conducted searches at the residence of Shabad Inspector B Shankaraiah, his relatives and benamis house on Friday.
During the searches, ACB team unearthed Rs 4.6 crore disproportionate assets. Its documentary value would be over Rs 15 crore.
The unearthed disproportionate assets are, two houses in Vanasthalipuram and Bowrampet worth Rs 1.05 crore, 10 plots in city outskirts and one plot in Basara worth Rs 2.28 crore, 41 acres and 3 guntas of agricultural land at Renjal of Nizamabad, Mudimyala of Chevella mandal and Miryalaguda worth Rs 77 lakh, a Maruti Swift car worth Rs 7 lakh, gold ornaments worth Rs 21.14 lakh, Rs 17.88 lakh cash, household articles worth Rs 6.13 lakh and Rs 81,000 worth silver articles.
Shankaraih and his sub ordinate, ASI K Rajender, were caught red-handed by the ACB team at Shabad police station on Thursday when they accepted Rs 1.2 lakh bribe from V Vijay Mohan Reddy, a farmer from Solipet village in Shabad mandal, to help him in amicably settling three cases registered in Shabad police station and also to implement a court order about the property dispute the complainant’s family has been involved in.