02 April 2008

Corruption in Hyderabad

According to Deccan Chronicle of April 1, 2008; a retired chief engineer of Andhra Pradesh Housing Board (APHB) and his wife were convicted by a court for possession of disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs 2.22 crore. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) had registered a case against the chief engineer, Surendra Bahadur, in September 2000. Searches conducted by ACB sleuths had revealed that the chief engineer had seven houses, one plot and 14 lockers in seven different banks in the city. ACB officials seized Rs 2.08 crore cash from these lockers. They also froze bank balances of Rs 22 lakh.

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