Archive · 12 Sep 2026
Hyderabad Court Sentences Cotton Official, Wife in Disproportionate Assets Case
A court in Hyderabad found a former cotton official and his wife guilty in an assets case.
The case involved money and property that officials said were much greater than the official’s known income.
The official was named Majeti Venkata Bhavani Prasad.
His wife was named Majeti Priyanka.
Prasad received five years in prison and a fine of Rs.1 lakh.
Priyanka received four years in prison and a fine of Rs.50,000.
The CBI opened the case in November 2016.
The court announced the convictions after the investigation and trial were completed.
A Hyderabad special CBI court convicted Majeti Venkata Bhavani Prasad in a disproportionate-assets case.
Prasad was sentenced to five years’ rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs.1 lakh.
His wife, Majeti Priyanka, received four years’ rigorous imprisonment and a Rs.50,000 fine.
The CBI alleged Prasad possessed Rs.94.17 lakh in disproportionate assets during 2010–2015.
The CBI registered the case in 2016 and filed its charge sheet in 2018.
- Who
- Former Cotton Purchase Officer Majeti Venkata Bhavani Prasad and his wife, Majeti Priyanka.
- What
- They were convicted and sentenced in a disproportionate-assets case.
- When
- The alleged check period was January 1, 2010, to February 21, 2015; the case was registered on November 3, 2016, and the charge sheet was filed on May 7, 2018.
- Where
- The case was heard by the special CBI court in Hyderabad; Prasad had worked in Warangal.
- Why
- The CBI alleged that Prasad held assets disproportionate to his known income and could not satisfactorily account for them.
- Prasad’s sentence
- Five years’ rigorous imprisonment and a Rs.1 lakh fine
- Priyanka’s sentence
- Four years’ rigorous imprisonment and a Rs.50,000 fine
- Alleged disproportionate assets
- Rs.94.17 lakh
- Alleged excess over known income
- 291.73 percent
- Case registration
- November 3, 2016
- Charge sheet
- May 7, 2018
- Prasad’s position
- Then Cotton Purchase Officer in the Cotton Corporation of India