Cop planning land deal held with `10L unaccounted cash
He had `10 lakh cash and sale agreement for land
Adilabad traffic inspector Dasari Boomaiah, who was in the race for the position of deputy superintendent of police, was caught by the Anti Corruption Bureau with allegedly unaccounted cash of `10 lakh, on Thursday.
Mr Boomaiah had a year to go before he retired.
The ACB was tipped off that Mr Boomaiah was planning to acquire land at Kamsanipalli-Basheerabad in Vikarabad district with money sourced through illegal means and disproportionate to his income. He was arrested before the deal was completed.
Adilabad traffic inspector Dasari Boomaiah, who was in the race for the position of deputy superintendent of police, was caught by the Anti-Corruption Bureau with allegedly unaccounted cash of `10 lakh, on Thursday.
Mr Boomaiah had a year to go before he retired. He has now been charged with criminal misconduct under the Prevention of Corruption Act and has been arrested.
He was on sick leave. Around 11 am he was travelling in a private vehicle with two others when he was stopped at the Rajendranagar entrance on the Outer Ring Road.
He was carrying `10 lakh in cash and the sale agreement for agricultural land of 17 acre.
The ACB was tipped off by a credible source who said that Mr Boomaiah was planning to acquire land at KamsanipalliBasheerabad in Vikarabad district with money sourced through illegal means and disproportionate to his income.
He was arrested before the purchase.
ACB officials told this newspaper that during questioning Mr Boomaiah disowned the cash and said it belonged to Prasad and Jaipal who were accompanying him.
The two men though said it was Mr Boomaiah’s money and they were merely to stand witness during the transaction.
“On interrogation, the inspector could not explain the source of the amount he possessed. He could not satisfactorily explain the source of the amount of `15 lakh he paid as advance for purchasing the property as per the agreement found with him in the vehicle. The amount of `10 lakh was found to be ill-gotten,” said an ACB inspector.
Searches were later carried out at eight places in Karimnagar and Jagitya districts of TS, at the residences of his family and friends Mr Bhoomaiah, Veldandi Narsiah, M. Anjaiaj, Dugyala Anjit Rao, B. Ravinder, Vojja Srinivas Yadav, Sri Linga Reddy, D.K. Anand and in two other places in Hyderabad.