ACB registers disproportionate assets case against Mines and Geology officer
HYDERABAD: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered a disproportionate assets case against Bojja Jaya Raju, Assistant Director, Mines and Geology Department, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, who is also holding full additional charge (FAC) as Deputy Director, Mines and Geology, Warangal.
The case was registered by the ACB’s Warangal range under Section 13(1)(b) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, as amended in 2018. The agency conducted preliminary searches at eight locations linked to the officer, his relatives and associates on August 27, 2026.
The ACB said the officer allegedly acquired assets disproportionate to his known sources of income through corrupt practices and other means.
ACB identifies properties, cash, gold and bank deposits
During the searches, the agency identified a G+2 building at Hoduppal in Hyderabad valued at about ₹40 lakh and a flat at KPHB Colony valued at about ₹32.81 lakh.
The agency also identified five plots at Keesara, Thungathurthy, Toopran and Suryapet, valued at about ₹15.77 lakh, and agricultural land measuring 3.21 acres valued at about ₹8 lakh.
The assets identified also included ₹10.03 lakh in cash, LIC and Max Life savings of about ₹19.86 lakh, three four-wheelers and two two-wheelers valued at about ₹40 lakh, and post office savings of about ₹20.80 lakh.
The ACB further found 629 grams of gold ornaments valued at about ₹37.23 lakh, household articles valued at about ₹10.07 lakh and bank balances of about ₹71.27 lakh.
Driver allegedly transferred ₹24.80 lakh to officer’s daughter
The ACB said preliminary enquiries into the mobile phone of the officer’s driver, Saltunon Yadaiah, and transaction details indicated that about ₹24.80 lakh was transferred through multiple transactions from the driver’s bank account to the bank account of the officer’s daughter.
During the enquiry, the driver allegedly told the ACB that the money had been collected from people involved in sand transportation and related activities before being transferred to the daughter’s account.
The agency said it was verifying the source, nature and purpose of the transactions and the alleged illegal gratification.
The total value of assets identified so far is about ₹3,06,53,177. The ACB said further verification of additional assets was under way and the market value of the immovable properties was expected to be higher than their official or documented value.
The investigation is continuing.
