New Delhi, Dec. 24 -- : The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Visakhapatnam Sub-Zonal Office, stated on Wednesday that it had attached movable and immovable assets worth Rs 1.09 crore in connection with an investigation into disproportionate assets acquired by Pasuparthy Pradeep Kumar, former Additional Chief Urban Planner of the Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority.

The attached properties, in the form of residential flats, plots, and bank accounts, are held in the name of Pasuparthy Pradeep Kumar, his wife, his uncle, and a benami entity, Kona Simhadri.

The ED initiated its investigation based on an FIR registered by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Vijayawada, and a subsequent chargesheet filed against Pasuparthy Pradeep Kumar under ...