Hyderabad: 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 answer scripts for the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) Group-I Mains examinations. The residence of ex-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 Errum Manzil, Panjagutta.ED teams also searched premises linked to retired IPS officer and former APPSC secretary PSR Anjaneyulu at Khasimbowli in Rangareddy district. ED recorded Anjaneyulu’s statement and verifying certain property documents found during the search.Firms and individuals under scannerOther Hyderabad locations 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 evaluation of the answer scripts 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 investigated 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 actual evaluation. Investigators alleged that more than ₹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.
