Overview

• Telangana’s Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested former Engineer-in-Chief C. Muralidhar Rao on July 15 under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
• Investigators searched properties in Hyderabad, Karimnagar and Zaheerabad to seize villas, flats, commercial buildings and luxury vehicles tied to Rao.
• Authorities allege Rao amassed wealth grossly disproportionate to his official salary during his decade-long tenure under the Bharat Rashtra Samithi government.
• A magistrate ordered Rao’s remand to 14 days of judicial custody at Chanchalguda Central Jail after the ACB produced evidence of illicit assets.
• The Enforcement Directorate is preparing to register money laundering cases under the PMLA to trace fund flows linked to Rao and other irrigation officers.