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Hyderabad Court Orders First Asset Freeze Under BNSS, Seizing 14 Acres in Andhra Pradesh

Blocking all transactions on lands tied to alleged invoice fraud, the order puts the BNSS’s new asset-recovery tools to the test.

Overview

  • Authorities have attached 14 acres in Kalagara, Visannapeta and Chandrupetla villages under Section 107 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.
  • Sub-registrar offices across the NTR district received court directives to bar any sale or transfer of the frozen properties.
  • Police allege a private company employee inflated invoices and freight charges to siphon several crores into associates’ bank accounts.
  • The suspect’s identity remains undisclosed as asset recovery proceedings advance under the new citizen security law.
  • The case represents the first practical test of the BNSS’s expanded powers to trace, freeze and recover assets in white-collar crime investigations.