Telangana ACB unearths ₹14 crore assets, arrests 22 officials in September

HYDERABAD: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Telangana, registered 23 cases and enquiries in September 2025, including 11 trap cases, two disproportionate assets cases, two criminal misconduct cases, six regular enquiries and two surprise checks.

According to the bureau, 22 public servants, including one outsourcing employee, were arrested and remanded to judicial custody. Cash amounting to ₹8.91 lakh was seized in trap cases across various departments. In a disproportionate assets case, properties valued at ₹14.05 crore were unearthed.

Nine-month record

Between January and September 2025, the ACB registered 203 cases—119 trap cases, 13 disproportionate assets cases, 20 criminal misconduct cases, 25 regular enquiries, 23 surprise checks and three discreet enquiries. During this period, 189 public servants, including 15 outsourcing employees, were arrested and remanded. The bureau seized ₹42.03 lakh in trap cases and unearthed assets worth ₹58.36 crore in disproportionate assets cases.

Case disposals and conviction

In September alone, the ACB finalised 25 cases and forwarded reports to the government. Overall, 204 cases were finalised between January and September 2025. The bureau also secured a conviction in one trap case. On September 16, 2025, a court sentenced Ch Srinivas Raju alias Srinivas, Tahsildar of Thirumalagiri mandal in Nalgonda district, to one year of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of ₹25,000 on two counts under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.