Yalamanchali MLA in dock again

By SNV Sudhir

Visakhapatnam, Nov 12, 2012: More trouble seems to be in the offing for the controversial Yalamanchali Congress MLA, U V Ramanamurthy Raju (Kanbababu).
While the ACB sleuths here acting on the directions of special court have registered a
case and probing into his alleged disproportionate assets, fingers are now being pointed
at the palatial house he built in Seethammadhara, which a part is said to be constructed
on allegedly encroached piece of land belonging to Simhachalam Desvasthanam.
Acting on the orders of AP Lokyukta, settlement and land survey department teams here
with the help of around six surveyors readied a report which established that the MLA
constructed some part of his house in 700 sq yards of land in survey no-275 belonging to
Simhachalam Devasthanam.
While the encroachment was allegedly done by one Srinivasa Cooperative Society, the MLA constructed his house in 1,066 sq yards belonging to the society in survey no 7 along with the adjacent 700 sq yards of Simhachalam devsthanam land.
It was in 2011 June that the AP Lokayukta basing on some reports on MLA’s alleged
encroachment, asked the settlement and land survey department to submit a report in this
regard. After a prolonged examination of the land and the related records the Survey
department has recently readied the report and is going to send the report to the
Lokyukta and also to the state government.
“It is blatant violation. The present market value of a sq yard in the city’s most posh
Seethammadhara is Rs 50,000 and the total value of the encroached land would be close to Rs 3.5 cr. It’s not just this small piece of encroachment but the MLA Kannababu is
involved in many other encroachments worth hundreds of crores, We demand a CBI inquiry into his misuse of power and possession of disproportionate assets, ” former minister and TD senior leader, Ch Ayyana Patrudu.
ACB has filed cases on Sep 24 against the MLA and his family members including his wife, daughter and son for amassing huge wealth using his power.  The special court here for ACB cases ordered ACB to file a case and probe while hearing a petition filed by Adari Adimurthy. ACB on Oct 17 conducted simultaneous raids on various premises belonging to the MLA.  Adimurthy, a resident of the MLA’s home constituency in his petition alleged that the assets of the MLA, who had served two terms, increased manifold within a span of five to six years. He submitted around 28 documents substantiating his charges against the MLA.