A Special Investigation Team (SIT) searched the Hyderabad properties of the accused arrested in the alleged liquor scam. SIT, which is investigating the multi-crore scam, has so far arrested 12 accused in the case.
Multiple police teams searched the offices, industrial units and other properties of the accused in and around Hyderabad on Saturday night. The Investigating officers seized documents and other technical evidence related to the crime.
“Searches were under way on the properties of Kessireddy Rajashekar Reddy, Buneti Chanikya and Balaji Govindappa, who were in judicial custody,” a senior police officer told The Hindu on Sunday on condition of anonymity.
It was alleged that the accused framed a new liquor policy during YSRCP regime, encouraged manual sales, collected commissions from the distillery companies, routed the ill-gotten money into shell companies and allegedly caused about ₹3,500 crore loss to the government.
The Crime Investigation Department (CID), which filed the preliminary charge sheet in the ACB Special Court on the liquor scam recently, said around 48 people were involved in the scam.
The police said the accused purchased villas, posh cars, land, jewellery and transferred the money to shell companies and banami accounts.
“The role of some other officers of A.P. State Beverages Corporation Limited (APBCL), Excise, Revenue and other departments officers is being probed,” the police said.
A senior police official on condition of anonymity said they were questioning public representatives and bureaucrats in connection with the case.
