The Chhattisgarh Anti Corruption Bureau/Economic Offence Wing (ACB/EOW) on Friday launched raids on 24 premises in four states in connection with alleged disproportionate assets cases lodged against suspended IAS officers Ranu Sahu and Sameer Sahu and suspended Deputy Secretary Soumya Chaurasia.

The raids were conducted in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Karnataka, ACB/EOW Additional Superintendent of Police Chandresh Thakur told The Pioneer.

The raids covered one place each in Bengaluru in Karnataka and Jamshedpur in Jharkhand, two places in Rajasthan and 20 places in Chhattisgarh.

Among the places in Chhattisgarh, the ACB/EOW covered one place each in Korba and Gariaband, two places in Raigarh, three places in Mahasamund, five places in Raipur and eight places in Durg district.

The officials seized documents related to immovable properties including benami properties.

Also, documents related to vehicles and other electronic devices with information about properties were found.

On July 8, three fresh FIRs were filed against Ranu Sahu, Sameer Vishnoi and Soumya Chaurasia on charges of corruption.

As per the FIR, Sahu (2010 batch IAS) purchased immovable property worth Rs 4 crore in her own name and in the name of family members between 2015 and 2022 while her total salary since joining the service till 2022 was said to be Rs 92 lakh.

Similarly, Chaurasia (2008 batch), who was a part of the illegal syndicate of coal scam while posted as Deputy Secretary in the Chief Minister’s Secretariat, purchased 29 immovable properties worth Rs 9.20 crore in her and family’s name between 2021 and 2022.

She received about Rs 85.50 lakh as salary and other allowances till October 2022.

Vishnoi (2009 batch IAS) bought immovable property worth 5 crores in the name of his wife. The three bureaucrats are in jail in connection with an alleged coal levy scam unearthed during the previous Congress government in the state.