Overview

• The ACB executed searches at ten locations across Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Zaheerabad and Banjara Hills tied to Rao and his relatives.
• Rao has been taken into custody after a disproportionate assets case was registered over alleged irregularities in executing the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project.
• Investigators are probing bank accounts and property records to trace wealth allegedly acquired beyond Rao’s known income during his tenure.
• The operation follows earlier arrests of former engineers B. Hari Ram and Sridhar in related disproportionate assets investigations.
• The intensified actions underscore growing scrutiny of governance and accountability in one of India’s largest irrigation schemes.