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The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Hyderabad Zonal Office, has provisionally attached immovable properties of the accused worthy ₹4.79 crore nether the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, successful transportation with an probe into the amerciable manufacture and merchantability of alprazolam, a psychotropic substance.
The attachment bid was issued connected Wednesday (February 11, 2026). The properties beryllium to Girmagouni Sudheer, Bishweswar Singh, Rajeshwar Sharma Joshi, Bhavanigari Prabhu Vara Goud, Gajjela Sreesailam Goud and others, and are located successful assorted districts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
The ED initiated its probe based connected an FIR registered astatine Gummadidala constabulary presumption successful Sangareddy territory against respective individuals for their alleged relation successful the amerciable manufacture, merchantability and acquisition of alprazolam.
According to the ED, investigations revealed that Girmagouni Sudheer had been engaged successful the commission-based commercialized of Alprazolam since 2014 with the assistance of his member Bhavanigari Prabhu Vara Goud and brother-in-law Gajjela Sreesailam Goud. The substance was sold to toddy vendors, who mixed it with toddy to heighten its potency.
The probe further recovered that Sudheer aboriginal expanded the amerciable concern with the assistance of Bishweswar Singh. In 2023, Sudheer and Singh, successful concern with Rajeshwar Sharma Joshi, purchased Sai Priya Chemicals mill astatine Bacharam colony successful Abdullapurmet, Hyderabad, renamed it Stanchem Chemicals, and allegedly began manufacturing Alprazolam astatine the premises. The merchantability proceeds were shared among the partners successful proportionality to their concern successful the factory.
The ED stated that the proceeds of transgression generated from the amerciable enactment were mostly received successful cash. These funds were utilized either for nonstop currency purchases of immovable properties oregon deposited into slope accounts earlier being utilised for spot acquisitions. Deposits were made successful the accounts of the accused arsenic good arsenic those of their spouses, and properties were acquired successful their names and successful the names of their wives.
Earlier, connected August 21, 2025, the ED conducted searches astatine 7 premises linked to the case. During the searches, officials seized incriminating documents, ₹5 lakh successful Indian currency, overseas currencies amounting to $834 and €1,910, 1 100-gram golden bullion piece, and 17 metallic bars weighing astir 2,996.231 grams.
Further probe into the lawsuit is underway.
