ACB searches premises of addl excise commissioner in AP

Visakhapatnam: Anti-Corruption Bureau today carried out searches at the premises of Additional Excise Commissioner K L Bhaskar and his relatives at 11 places in Andhra Pradesh and in Hyderabad and claimed to have unearthed disproportionate assets of Rs 2 crore.

ACB officials said that Bhaskar, native of Ramanapalem area in West Godavari, had worked in various excise departments in Vizag.

The raids were conducted in Vizag, Vijayawada, Hyderabad, Rajahmundry and his hometown Ramanapalem.

The searches would continue tomorrow, they said.