Hyderabad | August 24, 2026 | INFRAINTEL Bureau
(The Times Of India)
The Enforcement Directorate has arrested former Andhra Pradesh minister Karumuri Nageswara Rao in a money-laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the transportation of liquor during the previous YSR Congress Party government.
Rao was taken into custody under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. He had served as civil supplies minister in the government led by Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.
The agency had arrested Rao’s son, Karumuri Sunil Kumar, in June after searches at premises associated with the father and son.
The investigation concerns allegations that financial irregularities in liquor transportation caused a wrongful loss of Rs 195.33 crore to the state exchequer.
The Enforcement Directorate registered its money-laundering case in May. It has also arrested former state beverages corporation managing director Donthireddy Vasudeva Reddy and alleged principal accused Kasireddy Raja Sekhar Reddy.
The allegations have not been judicially established, and the accused are entitled to due process. The investigation will need to demonstrate the scheduled offence, trace the alleged proceeds of crime and establish the role and knowledge of each accused through contracts, payment records, transport data and financial trails.