KURNOOL: ACB sleuths conducted raids on the house and properties of Deputy Superintendent of Police, Crime Investigation Department (CID),Yeddula Harinath Reddy and unearthed high-value assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. The estimated market value of the assets seized so far is `24 crore. According to ACB Kurnool Range DSP V Jayarama Raju, based on a complaint that the accused police officer had taken a lot of bribes while he was working as SDPO of Nandyal and before that detailed information was collected before the raids on his house and his relatives.
Nine teams conducted simultaneous searches in nine different places. While the teams lead by Jayarama Raju conducted searches at two places in Kurnool city, other teams lead by senior ACB officials conducted searches at Pagadirai village in Tuggali mandal of Kurnool district, Nandyal town, Gagurivaripalle and Odicheruv in Anantapur district, Kadapa town and two different places in Bengaluru.
Several documents pertaining to properties, valuables, and `8 lakh cash were seized and the accused officer was arrested. He will be produced before the ACB court later. ACB officials said that more assets might tumble out during their investigation.According to officials, 53-year-old Harinath Reddy, who hails from Anantapur district, joined government service on January 16, 1989, as a sub-inspector of police in Kurnool district. He got promoted as Circle Inspector and had worked in Kurnool and Kadapa districts.
He was shifted to the CID a few weeks before the Nandyal by-elections.
What the ACB seized
G+1 residential building in Kadapa
(In the name of Y Suguna, wife of the accused)
G+3 residential building in Kurnool; Agriculture land at two places in Pagidirayai of Tuggali mandal in Kurnool (In the name of his son)
Agriculture land in Kadiri (In the name of the officer’s father)
Agriculture land in Daburuvaripalle of OD Cheruvu mandal in Anantapur (mortgaged) (In the name of Y Vasundaramma, mother of the accused)
Agriculture land at two places in Daburuvaripalle of OD Cheruvu mandal in Anantapur (In the name of official’s mother-in-law P Padmavathamma)
House in Kakupalli of Anantapur district (In the name of his brother-in-law)
G+1 residential building in Kurnool; House site in Bengaluru
(In the name of accused’s cousin K Soma Sekhar Reddy)