Published Apr 21, 2026 | 11:16 AM ⚊ Updated Apr 21, 2026 | 11:16 AM
Davuluri Anand and Jamalapuram Ramanarsimha Rao. Credit: x.com/TelanganaACB
Synopsis: Telangana ACB arrested Warangal sub-registrars Davuluri Anand and Jamalapuram Ramanarsimha Rao over a bribery racket involving agents and digital payments. Raids uncovered cash, ledgers and phone records linking them to lakhs in illegal transactions. Anand allegedly bought properties with illicit funds. Both were produced before the Special Court in Warangal.
The Telangana ACB on Monday, 20 April, arrested two officials from the Warangal sub-registrar office over an alleged bribery racket involving private agents and digital transactions.
The officials detained were Davuluri Anand, sub-registrar-II, and Jamalapuram Ramanarsimha Rao, sub-registrar-I, following an inquiry into suspected corruption.
The case originated on 2 April when ACB officers raided the office, detaining 20 unauthorised document writers and agents, reported Deccan Chronicle. They seized ₹47,450 in unaccounted cash, mobile phones and paperwork. During questioning, the agents reportedly confessed to collecting illegal fees from applicants on behalf of the sub-registrars, using both cash and UPI transfers.
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Digital scrutiny of seized phones allegedly revealed handwritten ledgers in Anand’s photo gallery, showing daily collections totalling ₹16.23 lakh across eight days.
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Investigators also linked him to transactions worth ₹44.28 lakh through WhatsApp chats and PhonePe records. Ramanarsimha Rao was connected to transactions amounting to ₹74,000.
According to the ACB, Anand had allegedly acquired two commercial properties valued at ₹72 lakh in Kapil Kakatiya Towers, Nakkalagutta, under family members’ names.
The agency stated there was prima facie evidence that both officers exploited their positions to enable systematic bribe collection via intermediaries.
The accused were presented before the Special Court for SPE and ACB Cases in Warangal on 20 April.
