Complaint Lodged with ED Against Alleged Land Transactions by 31 IPS, IAS Officers

Hyderabad:In a sensational twist that can adversely impact many bureaucrats, one Bheerla Mallesh from Maheshwaram mandal in Rangareddy district on Friday lodged a complaint with the Enforcement Directorate alleging that at least 31 IPS officers, including SIB former chief and snooping case accused T. Prabhakar Rao and former chief secretary Somesh Kumar had illegally purchased his mother Jangamma's ‘lavani patta’ land worth `50 crore. ED officials reportedly met Director General of Police Dr Jitender in connection with the complaint Reportedly, one Suresh Mudiraj, who had obtained pattadar passbooks on these lands, sold them to the families of IPS officers, including Prabhakar Rao, Mahendra Reddy, Ravi Gupta, Swati Lakra and others. In his complaint, Mallesh alleged that the fraud appeared to have been orchestrated by a nexus comprising senior government officials, including from the IAS and IPS, high-ranking revenue officers, and the local Maheshwaram police. Details of the bureaucrats and the lands they possess include Ravi Gupta; Mudireddv Nitesh Reddy, son of former DGP M. Mahender Reddy ; Thatiparthi Pavani Rao and T. Prabhakar Rao; Dr Gyan Mudra, wife of Somesh Kumar ; Nyalahonda Sindhu Reddy, whose father is Nyalakonda Prakash Reddy ; Soumya Mishra; Rahul Busi Reddy, son of retired IAS officer Janardhan Reddy; Vennavelli Radhika; and Tarun Joshi, among others.