Andhra principal secy arrested in Emaar properties case

January 30, 2012 16:21

The Central Bureau of Investigation today arrested senior IAS officer and Andhra Pradesh principal home secretary BP Acharya in a case relating to alleged irregularities in land transfer and sale of villas and apartments in a township in the state.

The township has been jointly developed by state-run Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation and the Dubai-based infrastructure firm Emaar.

A 1983 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre, Acharya, who was the then managing director of APIIC, has been named by the agency in its FIR and his residences were searched in August last year. He was called for questioning at the CBI office in Hyderabad and was later taken into custody.

Recently, the CBI arrested Sunil Reddy, said to be a close aide of Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, in the case as well.

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