Overview

• The July 30 raids at eight Hyderabad locations uncovered over 200 mule bank accounts tied to an online betting app.
• Investigators seized passbooks, debit cards, blank cheque books, mobile phones and SIM cards used to launder scheme funds.
• The PMLA probe corroborates a 2021 CAG audit that flagged ₹253 crore in irregularities, projecting total diversions exceeding ₹1,000 crore.
• Funds meant for shepherd families under the 2017 SRDS were diverted to bogus vendors and individuals without livestock records.
• The investigation follows FIRs filed by the Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau in December 2023 and the arrests of former animal husbandry officials accused of destroying departmental records after the Congress assumed power.