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ED Files Money Laundering Case Against Suspended DSP Bhimreddy
The Enforcement Directorate has started a money laundering investigation involving suspended police officer Bhimreddy.
The case is connected to an earlier investigation into assets that appeared larger than his known income.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested him on July 6, 2023.
Investigators found about 20 properties or other assets in several locations.
Many of the assets were reportedly registered in the names of benamidars, or people allegedly holding property for someone else.
Officials are checking whether money from corruption was used to buy them.
The Income Tax Department’s Benami Prohibition Unit has also filed a case.
The Enforcement Directorate may question Bhimreddy and the alleged benamidars after its preliminary inquiry.
The Enforcement Directorate filed a money laundering case against suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police Bhimreddy under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
The probe follows Bhimreddy’s arrest by the Anti-Corruption Bureau on July 6, 2023, in a disproportionate-assets case.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau identified approximately 20 assets linked to Bhimreddy.
The assets are located in Manikonda, Gachibowli, Tellapur, Patancheru, Nagole, Mominpet, Zaheerabad and Bengaluru.
Investigators are examining whether corruption proceeds were used to purchase the assets, many of which were allegedly held through benamidars.
- Who
- The Enforcement Directorate, suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police Bhimreddy, the Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Income Tax Department’s Benami Prohibition Unit.
- What
- The Enforcement Directorate filed a money laundering case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in connection with an alleged disproportionate-assets case.
- Where
- The assets are located in Manikonda, Gachibowli, Tellapur, Patancheru, Nagole, Mominpet, Zaheerabad and Bengaluru.
- When
- The Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested Bhimreddy on July 6, 2023; the Enforcement Directorate’s case followed that arrest.
- Why
- The investigation is examining whether proceeds of alleged corruption were used to purchase approximately 20 assets, many through benamidars.
Key facts
- Investigating agency
- Enforcement Directorate
- Law invoked
- Prevention of Money Laundering Act
- Accused
- Suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police Bhimreddy
- Earlier arrest
- Arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau on July 6, 2023
- Assets identified
- Approximately 20 assets
- Asset locations
- Manikonda, Gachibowli, Tellapur, Patancheru, Nagole, Mominpet, Zaheerabad and Bengaluru
- Related case
- The Income Tax Department’s Benami Prohibition Unit has already filed a case against Bhimreddy and his benamidars
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