HYDERABAD: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday conducted searches at five locations in Hyderabad in connection with land transactions related to the case involving senior IAS officer D Amoy Kumar.
Searches were carried out on accused individuals, including Munawar Khan, Khaderunnisa, and others named in the Maheswaram police station case. Locations in the old city of Hyderabad were among those searched.
The searches are part of the continuation of investigations that began after ED questioned D Amoy Kumar in October 2024. Kumar, currently serving in the animal husbandry department, was earlier the district collector of Rangareddy when the alleged land dispute took place.
While Kumar is not named as an accused, his role remains under scrutiny, particularly regarding the use of the Dharani portal and registration of properties under prohibitory categories.
The investigation stems from an FIR filed by Maheswaram police last year, based on a private complaint submitted by Dastagir Shareef, a resident of Mehdipatnam.
The complaint alleged fraudulent registration and mutation of a disputed property despite the land being notified under the 22-A prohibitory list of the Telangana Registration of Stamps Act.
The FIR names several accused, including Khaderunnisa, Mohammed Munawar Khan, RP Jyothi (MRO/joint sub-registrar of Maheswaram), Bobbili Damodar Reddy, Bobbili Viswanath Reddy, N Santosh Kumar, and Kondapally Sridhar Reddy.
The complainant alleged that the accused, in conspiracy with public servants, manipulated revenue records and issued illegal passbooks and sale deeds for land measuring 42 acres and 33 guntas in Nagaram village. ED is investigating the money laundering angle in the case, sources said.
