HYDERABAD: Two
employees
of C5 Infra Private Limited, which executed earth works of Kaleshwaram irrigation project, were arrested for attacking
income-tax
officials with stones and sticks and injuring two officers at
Medaram
in Mulug district here they had gone to conduct searches on Thursday.
Dharmaram
police
registered a case of
attempt to murder
against the accused employees. Protesting against the attack on their colleagues, I-T officials staged a dharna in Hyderabad on Friday in front of Aayakar Bhavan. The attack took place at a quarry run by C5 Infra, which recently came under I-T radar for a possible
tax evasion
.
Police arrested supervisor S Rajesh and another staffer D Srinivas of C5 Infra following a complaint from I-T inspector of Karimnagar, D Lingam, who led a team of raid party to Medaram. In his complaint, Lingam said: “I along with income-tax officer D Venugopal Rao and two notice serving officers were enquiring about the operations and duties of K Harish, an accountant of C5 Infra, at Medaram as part of the ongoing searches in the case against C5 Infra. While we were enquiring, Rajesh and Srinivas came out of nowhere and attacked us. They threatened to kill us.”
Lingam said the duo attacked Venugopal Rao on his head with a big stone. “He sustained bleeding injuries and fell almost unconscious. When we tried to escape from there, the duo again attacked us with stones and sticks. One of them beat me up with a stick. We ran away from the spot and rushed to the police station,” the I-T inspector said.
Rajesh and Srinivas were booked under IPC sections of attempting to murder, obstructing a public servant on duty and causing hurt and public nuisance.
Lingam and Venugopal were treated at a private hospital in Karimnagar. Doctors said Venugopal suffered serious injuries and he is kept under observation for 24 hours as his scan reports are awaited.
The IT sleuths are investigating into a possible tax evasion in irrigation project contract works as well as real estate deals of C5 Infra. The infra firm had done excavation works of the Annaram lift system of Kaleshwaram project.
Meanwhile, searches continued for the second day on Friday on C5 Infra office premises at Begumpet.
Sudhakar Reddy Udumula is the Editor (Investigation) at the Times...
Read MoreSudhakar Reddy Udumula is the Editor (Investigation) at the Times of India, Hyderabad. Following the trail of migration and drought across the rustic landscape of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Sudhakar reported extensively on government apathy, divisive politics, systemic gender discrimination, agrarian crisis and the will to survive great odds. His curiosity for peeking behind the curtain triumphed over the criminal agenda of many scamsters in the highest political and corporate circles, making way for breaking stories such as Panama Papers Scam, Telgi Stamp Paper Scam, and many others. His versatility in reporting extended to red corridors of left-wing extremism where the lives of security forces and the locals in Maoist-affected areas were key points of investigation. His knack for detail provided crucial evidence of involvement from overseas in terrorist bombings in Hyderabad.
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