The Enforcement Directorate Hyderabad Zonal Office has provisionally attached 19 properties worth ₹5.15 crore under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 in connection with a disproportionate assets case involving an official of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.
The properties belong to Dach Janardhan Mahesh, Town Planning Section Officer at GHMC, Secunderabad, and his family members. Attached assets include land, shops, apartments and non-residential premises.
The ED has initiated an investigation based on a case registered by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Hyderabad under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The ACB later filed a chargesheet in a special court in Hyderabad, saying that Mahesh was found to be in possession of assets disproportionate to his and his family’s known sources of income of about ₹5.27 crore.
According to the ED, its investigation revealed that Mahesh had allegedly acquired several immovable properties using the proceeds of crime, with the sale consideration being paid in cash. The agency said cash deposits were routed through the bank accounts of Mahesh and his family members to make the assets appear legitimate, and that the funds were also used for personal expenses.
The ED further said that the proceeds of crime were used to develop and construct a project named Shree Indira Sadan with the help of Mahesh’s cousin KB Laxminarayan, a partner of M/s Maheshwari Constructions.
Further investigation is ongoing.
Published – 31 Jan 2026 18:40 IST
