The Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday carried out raids at the properties of P Madhusudhan Reddy, who is president of the Telangana Government Junior Colleges Lecturers’ Association, and unearthed disproportionate assets worth Rs 3 crore allegedly amassed by Reddy. Madhusudhan Reddy is one of the suspects in the Intermediate question paper leak of 2007, according to Telangana Today.
Following searches at the properties of Madhusudhan and his benamis at Hyderabad, Vikarabad and Mahabubnagar in Telangana, and Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh, Reddy was arrested on Friday. The raids were reportedly carried in 10 different locations. The raids were conducted at Reddy’s properties after he allegedly demanded a bribe for the transfer of lecturers and promotions. Following several complaints of demanding kickbacks for transfer of employees, the ACB had booked a case against him on Thursday and carried out raids the next day.
An investigating officer told Newsmeter, “ The accused owns immovable properties worth Rs 1. 81 crore and a semi furnished flat worth Rs 24 lakh, which is against his legal source of income. The raids found cash worth Rs 52 lakh in the bank account, Rs 52 lakh in fixed deposits, Rs 16 lakh cash at his brother-in-law Mahender Reddy ‘s residence and another Rs 19 lakh with his colleagues."
Further, the officer said that along with Mahender Reddy, there are other colleagues, who are his alleged benamis.
Reddy had joined the service as a junior assistant in 1991 at the Board of Intermediate Education (BIE), and subsequently was promoted as a junior lecturer and eventually became the president of Telangana Government Junior Colleges Lecturers’ Association.
The role of the president of Junior Colleges Lecturers’ Association is to address the concerns of the junior lecturers and work for their welfare. The ACB officials are also reportedly probing his alleged involvement in the 2007 paper leak of the Intermediate exam.
