ED searches 7 locations in APPSC Group-I evaluation scam; ex-IPS officer under scanner | Hyderabad News

Former IPS officer PSR Anjaneyulu

HYDERABAD: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Hyderabad zonal office on Wednesday conducted searches at seven locations across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in connection with its money laundering investigation into alleged irregularities in the evaluation of Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) Group-I Mains answer scripts. The residence of former IPS officer PSR Anjaneyulu was also searched.The searches covered six premises in Hyderabad and surrounding areas and one in Guntur district. The locations included Camsign Media Pvt Ltd at Panchavati Colony, Banjara Hills, and the residence of its managing director, P Madhusudhana Rao, at Erramanzil, Panjagutta.ED teams also searched premises linked to retired IPS officer and former APPSC secretary PSR Anjaneyulu at Khasimbowli in Rangareddy district.

Firms and individuals under scannerOther locations in Hyderabad included TruGrader Services, a division of Stone Media Advisory Services Pvt Ltd, at Defence Colony, Secunderabad, and premises linked to Akella Peri Srinivasa Rao at Neredmet and Mahamkali Raghuram at Venkatapuram, Alwal.In Andhra Pradesh, searches covered Aavasa Resort Haailand at Chinakakani in Mangalagiri mandal, Guntur district, where the answer-script evaluation was allegedly conducted.SIT findings led to ED probeThe ED registered an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), based on the criminal investigation initiated by Andhra Pradesh police and subsequently taken up by the SIT.The underlying case was registered at Suryaraopet police station in Vijayawada in April 2025 under IPC provisions relating to criminal breach of trust, cheating, falsification of accounts and criminal conspiracy.According to the SIT investigation, Camsign Media allegedly retained Group-I Mains answer scripts for 84 days and engaged 66 unqualified persons to transfer predetermined marks onto OMR sheets without conducting an actual evaluation. Investigators alleged that more than Rs 1.14 crore in public funds was misused.Anjaneyulu’s defence has maintained that the decision to conduct manual evaluation was taken collectively in compliance with High Court directions and that the resort was selected for logistical and security reasons. The allegations remain under investigation.Ends