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“TTD Board member Sekar Reddy was raided by IT officers recently”
Social media posts Claim dated 19 Dec 2021.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING

What FACTLY found

₹100 crore cash and 120 kg gold were seized when the residences and offices owned by TTD Board member J Sekar Reddy were raided by the Income-tax officials in 2016. However, the case filed by the CBI against Sekar Reddy were dismissed by a special court in September 2020 on grounds of lack of evidence after CBI filed a closure report. The Andhra Pradesh government removed Sekar Reddy as a member of TTD when IT raids happened, and huge cash was seized. Sekar Reddy was back on the TTD Board whe...

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In short

This claim spread on social media around 19 December 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 21 December 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.

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