The AP liquor scam details about the secret money are gradually emerging, disclosing the extent of the financial transgressions. Recent revelations made by a major informant, Varun, state that the authorities have confiscated ₹11 crores worth of cash, which were hidden in a farmhouse on the outskirts of Shamshabad, near Hyderabad. Though this finding is dramatic, it is thought to be only a small portion of the overall money in the scam. With more scattered information flowing from the perpetrators, police are constructing the bigger picture of secret funds.
The AP liquor scam is linked to transactions totaling thousands of crores, with numerous efforts made to launder money through shell firms and suitcase deals. Even after all these efforts, huge amounts of cash go unrecovered, and the only people who know where they are buried are the people directly involved in their handling. As many as ₹11 crores have been recovered to date, based on Varun’s revelations, but several other suspects are still holding back information that might lead to finding even bigger amounts.
Apart from the cash, hundreds of crores of gold are also thought to have been accepted as bribes, whose present whereabouts remain a mystery. The probe can reveal still more undeclared assets, but that will depend on how much the suspects are willing to confess. Only time will reveal how many will turn in with the authorities, and the extent of the money trail is unknown, known only to the men running the investigation.
