Mumbai, May 20 -- Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) deputy director (town planning) YS Reddy has been suspended from service following the seizure of cash and valuables worth Rs.32 crore from his Hyderabad residence last week. The suspension order bearing VVCMC commissioner Anil Pawar's signature was issued on Monday. Reddy will also face a departmental inquiry regarding his alleged connection with the construction of 41 illegal buildings in Vasai East, which were demolished earlier this year as per orders of the Bombay high court, the suspension order stated. Reddy's alleged actions were in violation of the Maharashtra Civil Services (conduct) rules, the order said. The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is conducting a money laundering probe in connection with construction of the 41 illegal buildings on a 60-acre plot reserved for a sewage treatment plant and dumping ground, conducted searches at 13 locations in Vasai-Virar and Hyderabad last week. The searches led to the seizure of Rs.8.6 crore in cash and diamond-studded jewellery and bullion worth Rs.23.25 crore from Reddy's Hyderabad residence. Reddy subsequently complained of heart-related problems and was admitted to a hospital in Hyderabad, where he continues to remain under treatment, said sources in the civic body. "His statement will be recorded once he is discharged from the hospital, after which the inquiry report will be submitted to the VVCMC commissioner," said a VVCMC official who did not wish to be identified. "Arrest proceedings may be initiated against him after that." Reddy has had a controversial career since joining the VVCMC in 2015, his colleagues told Hindustan Times. On April 28, 2016, he was caught red-handed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau while paying a bribe of Rs.25 lakh to then corporator Dhananjay Gawade, which led to his suspension of nearly five years. Reddy then moved the high court against the suspension, claiming the charges were false. In June 2023, the court quashed the first information report against him and reinstated him in service....