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Executive Engineer in ACB net for disproportionate assets

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Press Trust of India Hyderabad
Sleuths of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) have arrested a Deputy Executive Engineer with the AP State Housing Corporation for amassing assets worth over Rs 1.12 crore in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh.

Acting on a tip-off, simultaneous searches were conducted in the house of accused A Shankar Rao, and his relatives yesterday, following which several documents pertaining to the assets, income and expenditure, were seized, an ACB official said today.

As per the documents, Rao possessed Rs 1.12 crore worth disproportionate assets to his known sources of income.

However, the market value of these assets is estimated to be around Rs four crore, he said.
 

The searches revealed that the arrested officer owned three houses, nine house sites and 30 acres of agricultural land, the officer said.

A disproportionate assets case was registered against Rao and further investigations are in progress, the official added.

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First Published: May 04 2013 | 3:35 PM IST

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