VISAKHAPATNAM: Sleuths of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) conducted searches at 14 residential premises of Sub-Registrar Office (SRO) employees in various parts of the State on Tuesday.
According to a press release issued from the ACB headquarters, these searches were conducted following surprise inspection of various SROs in the State on November 5 and 6.
Unaccounted cash was seized during the inspection of ACB offices, and four criminal cases were registered.
The ACB conducted searches in connection with a case registered against the staff of Bhogapuram SRO in Vizianagaram district. During the search at the house of Aleti Kanaka Raju, a private person involved in collection of bribes, Rs 18,10,110 and gold ornaments weighing 522.88 grams, motor vehicles, and property documents were detected. Immovable properties and motor vehicles were also detected at the house of P Rama Krishna, joint sub-registrar, and his office staff. All property documents, cash and gold were seized.
Searches were conducted at the houses of Tripuragiri Sudharani, junior assistant, and B Ananda Kumar, office subordinate, in connection with the case registered against the staff of Visakhapatnam Registrar Office. Assets worth about Rs 1 crore each were detected at the two houses. Immovable properties and vehicles were detected at the house of sub-registrar S Mohan Rao. All documents, gold, cash and other valuables were seized.
As part of the probe into the case registered against the staff of Chilamathur SRO in Anantapur district, the ACB carried out searches at the residence of incharge SRO Meenula Prasad Babu. Cash, gold ornaments and property documents were seized.
The ACB also conducted searches at the residence of incharge sub-registrar Sk Mohamood in connection with the case registered during the raid on Ibrahimpatnam SRO in NTR district. Cash, gold ornaments and property documents were seized in the searches, the ACB added.