Hyderabad: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday conducted fresh searches at five residences of NIMS employees as part of its investigation into the disproportionate assets case against NIMS Additional Medical Superintendent Dr Nori Lakshmi Bhaskar.
The searches are aimed at tracing property documents, financial transactions and possible money trails connected to the case. During the operation, officials reportedly recovered ₹7 lakh in cash from the residence of Dhanraj, a barber working at NIMS.
ACB teams are examining land-related documents, cash transactions and other financial records collected from the five locations. Investigators are also verifying the source of the cash recovered from Dhanraj and checking whether the transactions have any connection with the assets under investigation.
ACB Expands Probe Into Property and Money Trail
The latest searches come a week after the ACB conducted searches at multiple locations linked to Lakshmi Bhaskar, his relatives, friends, associates and suspected benamis.
The earlier searches led investigators to identify assets valued at about ₹6.13 crore at documented value, according to the ACB. These included several flats and open plots, bank balances, deposits, investments, vehicles and gold ornaments. Officials said the market value of some properties could be considerably higher than their documented value.
The ACB had also identified an alleged ₹1.30 crore investment in a flat involved in a Debt Recovery Tribunal dispute and about ₹1.33 crore reportedly given as hand loans to various people.
The agency registered the disproportionate assets case against Lakshmi Bhaskar over allegations that he accumulated assets beyond his known sources of income through corrupt practices and other means. The allegations remain under investigation.
With the latest searches, investigators are examining financial and property transactions involving people working around the NIMS official. The ACB is expected to verify the documents and financial records before determining whether they have any connection with the alleged disproportionate assets.
Further details are likely to emerge after the searches and verification process are completed.
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