“Kudos on catching a big fish.” That was one reaction on the Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau’s Twitter account after it arrested Sankireddy Bheem Reddy, a deputy superintendent of police, on Monday night, 6 July 2026. The account @TelanganaACB collected praise from people across the state, along with a good deal of advice.
The case behind the applause
Bheem Reddy was attached to the Police Computer Services wing before he was suspended. The ACB had searched 16 locations in Telangana and neighbouring Karnataka in the days before his arrest, covering properties tied to his family, associates and alleged benami holders, the proxy owners the agency says he used. Investigators claim the searches turned up villas, apartments, commercial property, plots and farmland in several districts. Officials put the combined value at around Rs 300 crore, which would make it one of the largest disproportionate-assets cases against a police officer in the state. Republic reported a range of Rs 200 crore to Rs 300 crore.
Searchers also recovered cash, about two kilograms of gold ornaments and nearly 20 kilograms of silver. Republic listed Rs 3.6 lakh taken from his home and Rs 40 lakh from an alleged benami residence, plus bank balances of roughly Rs 19.91 lakh. A handwritten diary was reportedly the key find. Investigators say it recorded properties, investments, liabilities and the names of alleged benamis, and that he shared scanned copies with his two sons on WhatsApp before leaving on a Char Dham pilgrimage with his wife. He joined the police as a constable in 1989, according to Republic, and the ACB acted after a preliminary inquiry. On Tuesday a designated ACB court remanded him to 14 days of judicial custody and he went to Chanchalguda Central Jail. The ACB alleges he abused his position to build wealth far beyond his known income. He has not been tried.
What netizens asked for
Deccan Chronicle gathered the online reaction. Arun Deshpande suggested the bureau set up an informants’ network backed by incentives, arguing that many more corrupt officials could be caught that way. Y Narahari was blunter about what happens afterwards. “Big whales have the blessings of political bigwigs,” he wrote, adding that weak charge sheets let the guilty return to their posts, and he called for fast-track courts to cut long delays.
Another user said it was shocking to see the officer smile with no sign of remorse. The same user asked why only certain officials in Hyderabad’s police stations end up in trap cases and demanded stronger action across the system. Vamshi simply wrote, “Good job ACB in this government.” E Harish wanted the investigation run transparently. Some commenters wanted raids on tainted officials across the state, and others asked the bureau to trace the source of the wealth of government officers. KS Prasad called for a review of service rules so that deterrence against corruption has teeth.
Whether the praise survives the court process is the open question, since the commenters themselves worried about charge sheets that fail on prosecution.
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