Archive · 25 Sep 2026
Telangana ACB Raids Alleged Benamis Linked to Bheem Reddy
The Anti-Corruption Bureau is investigating suspended police officer Sankireddy Bheem Reddy.
Investigators believe some other people may have held money or property for him.
They searched homes and a farmhouse in parts of Telangana.
The ACB said it found Rs 1.35 crore in cash at one home.
It also found foreign currency, liquor and documents.
The searches were connected to an investigation into assets worth about Rs 150 crore by market value.
Bheem Reddy was arrested, but the reports give different dates for his arrest.
The Enforcement Directorate is also investigating the matter under a money-laundering law.
The ACB searched properties linked to suspended DSP Sankireddy Bheem Reddy in Hyderabad, Zaheerabad and Puppalaguda.
Officials reported finding Rs 1.35 crore in unaccounted cash at Bomma Venkatesh’s Jubilee Hills residence.
The searches also yielded foreign currency, about 14 litres of foreign liquor, documents and other material.
The ACB said it identified eight alleged benamis and was investigating suspected transactions and assets linked to Bheem Reddy.
Reports differ on Bheem Reddy’s arrest date—June 2 in one account and July 7, 2026, in another—while the ED has registered a PMLA case.
- Who
- The Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau, suspended DSP Sankireddy Bheem Reddy, eight alleged benamis and other alleged associates, relatives and friends.
- What
- The ACB conducted searches, seized cash and other material, and continued investigating suspected benami assets and disproportionate assets linked to Bheem Reddy.
- When
- The latest searches were reported on a Thursday; the articles give conflicting arrest dates of June 2 and July 7, 2026.
- Where
- Searches were reported in Hyderabad, Zaheerabad and Puppalaguda, with related searches across Telangana and Karnataka.
- Why
- The searches were conducted under warrants as part of an investigation into alleged disproportionate assets, suspected benami transactions and corruption proceeds.
Investigators' Account
Reported Response and Procedural Position
Alleged assets and benami transactions
Investigators' Account
The ACB alleges that Bheem Reddy accumulated about Rs 150 crore in disproportionate assets and used alleged benamis in related financial transactions. The ED is reportedly tracking real estate properties allegedly bought with corruption proceeds.
Reported Response and Procedural Position
The articles do not report a detailed response from Bheem Reddy or his representatives to the allegations, and the case remains under investigation.
Hospital admission and statement
Investigators' Account
The ACB said it could not record Bheem Reddy’s statement because he was admitted to a private hospital after his blood pressure rose.
Reported Response and Procedural Position
The ACB said his family was allowed to admit him based on previous health records and denied giving him preferential treatment.
- Officer investigated
- Suspended DSP Sankireddy Bheem Reddy
- Alleged benamis identified
- Eight
- Cash seized
- Rs 1.35 crore
- Other seizures
- Foreign currency, approximately 14 litres of foreign liquor, documents and other material
- Assets under investigation
- About Rs 150 crore by market value
- Search scale
- One account says 10 locations; another says 16 locations
- Additional agency
- Directorate of Enforcement
- Law cited
- Prevention of Money-Laundering Act and Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, as amended in 2018
