Ananthapuram: Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at the residences of TDP leader and former Tadipatri MLA JC Prabhakar Reddy in Tadipatri and Hyderabad.
Security has been beefed up near his residence to avoid protests by his party members.
It is learnt that JC Prabhakar Reddy and his brother JC Diwakar Reddy were at home. Police have seized all family members' cell phones. Searches are also being conducted at the residence of his follower and contractor, Gopal Reddy.
According to sources, the raids are being carried out in connection with the cases related to the registration of vehicles using forged documents.
Sources said the travel agency run by JC Prabhakar Reddy bought condemned vehicles and registered them in Nagaland using fake invoices and documents. More than a hundred vehicles are alleged to have been illegally registered,
More details are yet to be disclosed.