The Anti-Corruption Bureau, during its series of raids on government officials, has unearthed what could be one of the biggest scams in the past couple of years. The Assembly Special Secretary Gopala Krishna has been discovered to be in the possession of illegal assets amounting to Rs. 10 crores to Rs. 15 crores - the number could go up.
According to the ACB Joint Director, his assets include 25 kilos of jewellery; over 30 plots of land in Hyderabad, Nellore, Tirupati, and 18 acres Nagayalanka in Krishna district; several riyals; Mont Blanc pens, American dollars, and more.
Raids are being conducted at his residence in Srinagar colony, at other districts where his properties are present, and at his relatives' homes as well. Reportedly, there is also a locked room in his official quarter in Erramanzil.