Addl Collector Gaddam Nagesh booked for illegal wealth worth Rs 3.26 Cr
By Newsmeter Network Published on 4 Oct 2020 3:30 PM GMT
Hyderabad: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) booked a disproportionate assets case against Gaddam Nagesh, Additional collector Medak district for amassing illegally wealth to the tune of Rs 3.26 Crore.
ACB officials carried out multiple raids on 9th of September against Gaddam Nagesh, Additional collector Medak district, B Aruna Reddy–Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) of Narsapur, Abdul Sattar Tahasildar of Chilpiched, Waseem Ahmed- Junior assistant-Survey and land records and Kola Jeevan Goud, a private person. Five were taken into custody for demanding bribe to the tune of Rs 1.12 crore from a land lord.
In a second round of searches held against the Additional Collector in several places in Medchal, Medak, Nizamabad and Hyderabad. Sleuths unearthed assets including Duplex Villa, house plots, agricultural lands, bank balances and vehicles were found. The government value of the properties found so far is about Rs 3.26 Crore and market value would be much higher, ACB said.
The ACB was acting on a complaint filed by K Linga Murthy, a resident of Serilingampally who submitted a report before the Deputy superintendent of police- ACB in February 2020. He explained, that along with four others he (referring to Linga Murthy) entered into an agreement-of-land-sale measuring 112.21 acres in survey number 59/31, 59/40, 58/1, 58/2 situated in Chippalaturthi village in Narsapur madal in Medak district of Telangana.
As part of the registration process, he submitted an application to Abdul Sattar, Tahsildar, Narsapur seeking for a Non-Objection-Certificate(NOC).Since the land falls in the list of 22-A prohibitory properties, the document was a must. Simultaneously, copies of the application were submitted to Dharma Reddy, collector of Medak district and B. Aruna Reddy –RDO Narsapur.
The lid blew off, when Additional Collector Gaddam Nagesh demanded Rs 1.12 crore bribe at the rate of Rs 1 lakh per acre to issue N.O.C. The tainted officer accepted bribes in two installments, Rs 19.5 lakh and Rs 20.5 lakh respectively.
In what could mirror the depth of corruption in the revenue system, the additional collector demanded 5 acres of land because the complainant failed to pay the remaining bribe amount of Rs 72 lakh. He obtained an 'agreement-of-sale' to an extent of 5 acre.
The land was transferred to the name of his (Nagesh’s) benami Kola Jeevan Goud. Besides this the tainted deputy collector took 8 signed blank cheques of the complainant as surety for land registration. While the exploitation didn't end there, Mohd WaseemAhmed, serving as a junior assistant in survey and land records accepted Rs 5 lakh from Linga Murthy on the instructions of Gaddam Nagesh. This was a share of bribe for other officials who processed the file. Out of which Rs 1 lakh wasgiven to B Aruna Reddy–RDO and Abdul Sattar, tahasildar.
Investigation found that Linga Murthy was compelled to pay the above bribe amount to get the NOC and complete pending survey work and online record correction pertaining to the land. The sleuths of ACB carried out searches at the residence of additional collector Gaddam Nagesh and found 8 blank cheques, sale agreement and other undiscriminating documents.
