The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths raided the premises of assistant director of agriculture Vippala Prasad on charges of amassing wealth which was not proportionate to his known sources of income.
On Friday, the sleuths raided his apartment in Maharanipeta, house in Narsipatnam and the premises of his relatives in the city, Jogampeta, Kottakota, Yelamanchili and Guntapalli in the district. Documents relating to assets worth Rs 1.5 crore were found in his possession and the market value of these assets could be around Rs 10 crore.
Prasad is a native of Jogampeta under Golugonda mandal of the district and joined the department as agriculture officer and rose to the level of assistant director.
He is presently posted in Yelamanchili.
The deputy superintendent of police, ACB, Mr A. Ramakrishna Prasad, told reporters that Prasad owned 14 house plots and 20 acres of agriculture land in Narsipatnam and Yelamanchili.
His son, a student of Andhra University owned a cashew factory worth Rs 75 lakh.
Goods worth Rs 70 lakh were recovered in another closed factory.
Apart from these, Rs 3.75 lakh cash and 300 grams of gold was found in his house, the DSP said.
