AP e-challan scam: ED registers case against Former DGP's son-in-law

HYDERABAD: The Enforcement Directorate (ED)-Hyderabad has registered a case against Andhra Pradesh former DGP N Sambasiva Rao’s son-in-law Komireddy Avinash in the Rs 36.55 crore scam through payment gateway services of traffic e-challan.

Kommireddy Avinash along with his company Dataaevolve Solutions and others were named as accused in this case. Avinash was accused of embezzling funds by cloning payment gateway services of traffic e-challan accounts. Based on the FIR filed by the AP Police in this regard, the ED had initiated the investigation by registering a money laundering case against Avinash.

The ED would also inquire into how the traffic challan funds were diverted. On June 27, 2017, then DGP Sambasivarao commissioned Dataevolve Solutions, owned by his son-in-law Avinash, as the e-challan service provider. The main allegation in this case was that Avinash and others looted Rs 36.55 crore. The police arrested Kothapalli Rajasekhar of Data Evolve and named Avinash, his sister Akshitha and Ravikiran, who were directors of the company, as accused.