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ED Attaches ₹80 Crore in Assets in Telangana Illegal Mining Probe Linked to MLA’s Brother

The agency says the move preserves assets suspected to be benami under an illegal mining probe.

Overview

  • The Enforcement Directorate provisionally attached assets worth about ₹80.05 crore under the PMLA in the case involving M/s Santosh/Santhosh Sand and Granite Supply.
  • Eighty-one immovable properties valued at roughly ₹78.93 crore were attached along with fixed deposits of about ₹1.12 crore identified as proceeds of crime.
  • The probe stems from Patancheru Police FIRs alleging excess extraction in the licensed quarry and illegal mining on unassigned government land.
  • Investigators allege a ₹39.08 crore royalty loss to the State and wrongful enrichment of around ₹300 crore, with cash sales diverted into properties held through benami fronts.
  • ED identifies proprietor Gudem Madhusudhan Reddy—brother of Patancheru MLA Gudem Mahipal Reddy—and says the licence holder subcontracted operations to GVR Enterprises without required approval; further investigation continues.