DA case: ACB gets custody of Nune Sridhar; unearthed assets worth Rs 60 crore

TNN / Jun 21, 2025, 10:08 IST

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Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials have taken Nune Sridhar, an executive engineer involved in the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP), into custody for interrogation regarding a disproportionate assets case. Searches at his properties revealed assets worth approximately Rs 60 crore, exceeding his known income sources. The ACB will investigate his continued work in Choppadandi despite a transfer order to Hyderabad.

DA case: ACB gets custody of Nune Sridhar; unearthed assets worth Rs 60 crore

Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) teams raided the residence of Nune Sridhar, a senior irrigation engineer involved in the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP), unearthing disproportionate assets worth approximately Rs 60 crore.

HYDERABAD: The officials of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday took Nune Sridhar, executive engineer in irrigation department, into custodial remand to interrogate him in the disproportionate assets (DA) case. On June 11, the ACB officials conducted searches at 14 places in the state linked to Sridhar, who was associated with the execution of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP), and unearthed assets worth nearly Rs 60 crore disproportionate to his known sources of income. He was subsequently arrested and remanded in judicial custody on June 11. Subsequently, the ACB filed a petition before a local court seeking his custody, following which the court granted five days of custody to the agency.

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The ACB is likely to question Sridhar about how he continued to work in Choppadandi despite being transferred to Hyderabad in May 2024 by the Irrigation department secretary, Rahul Bojja.

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