The ACB officials after finding over Rs 60 crore worth illegal assets during their searches conducted from Thursday morning to late night, arrested Gondu Murali, who was PA to former deputy chief minister and YCP leader Dharmana Krishna Das.
A complaint was recently received by ACB officials on charges of amassing assets beyond his income and conducted raids simultaneously at six places in Srikakulam district and Visakhapatnam. In Srikakulam, ACB DSP Ramanamurthy and his team conducted searches at Murali’s residence, the place where he carried out his duties, and the houses of his relatives.
Murali’s car and his computer were examined and some information was collected. Details were collected from VRO Rama Rao and Panchayat Secretary Dharmaraju. They also seized several documents. Murali’s mother Padmavati, sister Aruna, and daughter-in-law Shyamala live in the house in Lingannaidupeta.
Lingannaidupeta and surrounding villagers were shocked by the ACB searches. Murali is currently residing with his family in Danta village, Kotabommali mandal, his in-laws’ village. He has also accumulated a lot of assets in Danta. With this, ACB conducted searches at two places in Danta village. They also checked the houses of relatives in Srikakulam city and Gajuwaka and Madhurawada areas of Visakhapatnam district.
Before he joined as PA with Dharmana Krishnadas, Gondu Murali worked as a lab technician at Budithi CHC in Saravakota mandal. After Krishnadas joined as PA, his status changed. Dharmana Krishnadas served as Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for two and a half years from 2019. At that time, Murali’s reputation as a PA was not all that great.
He was directly involved in the transfers of medical and health department employees and directly handled matters with Srikakulam district officials. With the recent change of government, the ACB received a complaint against Murali.
Most of his assets were immovable properties. Several houses in his possession were found at various places during these raids, besides several sites.The ACB officials confirmed that all these assets were accumulated in his name and the names of his relatives.
