HYDERABAD: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted searches at two locations in Hyderabad and four in Kadapa district, including premises linked to YSRCP Kadapa MP Y S Avinash Reddy, his father Y S Bhaskar Reddy and others, in a money-laundering probe arising from the murder case of former Andhra Pradesh minister Y S Vivekananda Reddy.The searches were carried out simultaneously at different locations in Hyderabad and Kadapa. The ED’s Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case stems from the CBI FIR and chargesheets filed in connection with the murder. The central agency registered an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) in August 2025 on the basis of the CBI case.The ED action comes more than six years after the CBI registered its FIR in the murder case.PMLA case based on CBI probeVivekananda Reddy, paternal uncle of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, was found murdered at his residence in Kadapa district on March 15, 2019.The Andhra Pradesh High Court, on March 11, 2020, directed the CBI to conduct further investigation into the case. The CBI, New Delhi, registered an FIR on July 9, 2020, under provisions relating to murder and criminal conspiracy.After investigation, the CBI filed its first chargesheet in 2021 and supplementary chargesheets in 2022 and 2023.According to the allegations recorded by the CBI in its FIR and chargesheets: “D Siva Shanker Reddy, a political functionary of the YSRCP, and his close associates Y S Avinash Reddy, YSRCP sitting Lok Sabha MP from Kadapa, and Y S Bhaskar Reddy were unhappy when Y S Vivekananda Reddy joined YSRCP, as their increasing influence in politics could have been challenged. So to eliminate Y S Vivekananda Reddy, they hatched a criminal conspiracy and included his staff, including T Gangi Reddy, Shaik Dastagiri and Y Sunil Yadav, all of whom had worked for Y S Vivekananda Reddy.”These are allegations made in the CBI case and chargesheets.Searches in Hyderabad, PulivendulaIn Kadapa district, ED teams searched the residence of Thumallapalli Gangi Reddy alias T Gangi Reddy, son of Pedda Gangi Reddy, at T Thummalapalli in Thondur mandal.Searches were also conducted at premises linked to Yadati Sunil Yadav in Pulivendula town and Shaik Dasthagiri at Bhakrapuram in Pulivendula.The agency also searched premises linked to D Siva Shankar Reddy in Pulivendula and his residence at My Home Avatar in Narsingi, Hyderabad.The residence of Y S Bhaskar Reddy at Bhakrapuram in Pulivendula was also covered in the searches.In Hyderabad, ED officials searched the villa of Kadapa Lok Sabha MP Y S Avinash Reddy at Open Skies in Kokapet.
