Archive · 24 Sep 2026
Telangana ACB Seizes ₹1.35 Crore in Fresh Cop Case
Officials in Telangana are investigating suspended police officer Sankireddy Bheem Reddy.
They suspect he may have assets worth much more than his known income.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau searched 10 more places connected to the case.
At one house, officials found ₹1.35 crore in cash.
They also found foreign money and foreign liquor.
Earlier searches found gold, silver, money and property records.
Bheem Reddy was arrested on July 6 after the first searches.
The Enforcement Directorate is conducting a separate money-laundering investigation.
The Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau searched 10 additional locations in Hyderabad and Zaheerabad linked to suspended DSP Sankireddy Bheem Reddy.
The searches are part of a disproportionate-assets case involving assets estimated at around ₹300 crore.
Officials seized ₹1.35 crore in cash, foreign currency and about 14 litres of foreign liquor from Bomma Venkatesh’s house.
Earlier searches reportedly found gold, silver, cash, bank balances and properties linked to Bheem Reddy, relatives, associates and alleged benamidars.
The Enforcement Directorate has separately begun a money-laundering investigation.
- Who
- The Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau, suspended DSP Sankireddy Bheem Reddy, Bomma Venkatesh and people linked to the alleged assets.
- What
- The ACB conducted 10 additional searches and seized cash, foreign currency, liquor and documents in a disproportionate-assets case.
- When
- The latest searches took place on Thursday; the case was registered on June 27 and Bheem Reddy was arrested on July 6.
- Where
- The searches covered locations in Hyderabad and Zaheerabad, Telangana, with earlier searches also conducted in Karnataka.
- Why
- Investigators are examining alleged disproportionate assets, benami holdings and financial transactions involving Bheem Reddy and his associates.
- Agency
- Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau
- Latest searches
- 10 additional locations
- Estimated assets
- Around ₹300 crore
- Latest cash seizure
- ₹1.35 crore recovered from Bomma Venkatesh’s house
- Other latest seizures
- Foreign currency and approximately 14 litres of foreign liquor
- Earlier seizures
- Around 2 kilograms of gold, 20 kilograms of silver, ₹3.6 lakh from Bheem Reddy’s residence and ₹40 lakh from an alleged benamidar’s residence
- Separate investigation
- The Enforcement Directorate has initiated a money-laundering investigation