PNS|Vijayawada
Income Tax sleuths made searches at the house of YSRCP Vijayawada-East constituency in-charge Devineni Avinash in the city and Gannavaram MLA Vallabhaneni Vamsi’s office in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
A five-member team of IT officials started the raids early in the morning and continued the searches for several hours, triggering an intense debate in political circles. Devineni Avinash is the son of late Devineni Rajasekhar, alias Nehru, who was the former minister and one of the prominent political leaders in the erstwhile Krishna district.
The I-T officials reached the residence of Avinash at Gunadala in the city early on Tuesday morning and seized a computer hard disk containing important information on his properties.
Avinash owns a site at Banjara Hills in Hyderabad and reportedly has some business contacts with the Vamsiram Builders there. So, I-T officials conducted searches and took away two computer hard disks and copied some information regarding land development, the sources said.
The I-T officials conducted raids on the offices of Gannavaram MLA Vallabhani Vamsi in Hyderabad in connection with the Vamsiram Builders. Meanwhile, YSRCP functionaries and followers of Devineni Avinash reached his residence after the news broke out about the I-T raids. The officials closed the main gate and conducted searches of the residence.
