The engineer, Reddy Venugopala Rao, is attached with the Andhra Pradesh Housing Corporation.
An ACB press release said the agency's sleuths conducted searches simultaneously at Rao's residence at Bobbili in Vizianagarm district and five other places in Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram districts. Premises of his friends and relatives were also searched.
Documents relating to 16 open plots, three buildings, two shops, bank balance of Rs 6 lakh and promissory notes for Rs 10 lakh, among others, were found besides a car and two motorbikes, the release said.
The accused would be produced in the ACB Court in Visakhapatnam tomorrow, the release added.
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