HYDERABAD: ACB(Anti-Corruption Bureau) personnel arrested four excise officials, including a deputy commissioner and two superintendants, who allegedly helped syndicate member Nunna Venkata Ramana in securing 16 liquor licences through illegal means.
Warangal excise deputy commissioner A V Narasimha Rao and superintendent K Madhusudhan Rao, assistant superintendent M Shankaraiah, inspector D S Nath, all from Khammam, have been apprehended by ACB sleuths.
During investigation, ACB sleuths found that Venkata Ramana and others had colluded with excise officials right from the initial stage of auction of liquor shops in 2010. "Licences" for 16 shops in Khammam district were obtained after the auction by adopting illegal means. Giving an example of how the fraud was perpetuated, the ACB, in a press release, said that several bids were filed for shop no. 8 (GSI No 8) in the Khammam municipality. Chekuri Srinivasa Rao, was learnt to have quoted the second highest amount of Rs
1.89 crore.
According to ACB director-general Bhoobathi Babu, the four had processed the files and played an active role in handing over control of 16 liquor shops to the syndicate led by Nunna Venkata Ramana. ACB sleuths alleged that Venkata Ramana, who is in judicial custody, owns 29 liquor shops on benami names in Khammam district and also has influence over transactions in 80 liquor vends in Khammam and Warangal districts.
Srinivasa Rao paid one-sixth of the bid amount (Rs 25,60,750) on June 21, 2010 and obtained provisional licence for running the shop no. 8 (GSI No.8). Subsequently, ACB learned that one Peddini Anjaiah tried to evict Rao from the shop with the help of excise officials claiming that he was the original licence holder.
As per rule 2 of the AP Excise Rules, 2005, there is no provision for more than one bidder to bid for a liquor shop licence. Yet, the name of Peddini Anjaiah was incorporated subsequently in the fabricated tender application. In the tender register, only the name of Chekuri Srinivasa Rao was found along with his signature and he was issued entry pass (S No 8/2).
Warangal excise deputy commissioner A V Narasimha Rao and superintendent K Madhusudhan Rao, assistant superintendent M Shankaraiah, inspector D S Nath, all from Khammam, have been apprehended by ACB sleuths.
During investigation, ACB sleuths found that Venkata Ramana and others had colluded with excise officials right from the initial stage of auction of liquor shops in 2010. "Licences" for 16 shops in Khammam district were obtained after the auction by adopting illegal means. Giving an example of how the fraud was perpetuated, the ACB, in a press release, said that several bids were filed for shop no. 8 (GSI No 8) in the Khammam municipality. Chekuri Srinivasa Rao, was learnt to have quoted the second highest amount of Rs
1.89 crore.
According to ACB director-general Bhoobathi Babu, the four had processed the files and played an active role in handing over control of 16 liquor shops to the syndicate led by Nunna Venkata Ramana. ACB sleuths alleged that Venkata Ramana, who is in judicial custody, owns 29 liquor shops on benami names in Khammam district and also has influence over transactions in 80 liquor vends in Khammam and Warangal districts.
Srinivasa Rao paid one-sixth of the bid amount (Rs 25,60,750) on June 21, 2010 and obtained provisional licence for running the shop no. 8 (GSI No.8). Subsequently, ACB learned that one Peddini Anjaiah tried to evict Rao from the shop with the help of excise officials claiming that he was the original licence holder.
As per rule 2 of the AP Excise Rules, 2005, there is no provision for more than one bidder to bid for a liquor shop licence. Yet, the name of Peddini Anjaiah was incorporated subsequently in the fabricated tender application. In the tender register, only the name of Chekuri Srinivasa Rao was found along with his signature and he was issued entry pass (S No 8/2).
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