The special police establishment of the lokayukta raided several premises of a warehouse assistant of the MP State Civil Supplies Corporation and unearthed disproportionate assets worth Rs5 crore.
The Superintendent of Police VN Singh disclosed that earlier they had received complaints regarding amassing wealth disproportionate to known income.
On Friday, a raid was conducted at the residence of one Dinesh Chourasia who was posted with MP State Civil Supplies Corporation in Bhopal as Assistant Warehouse.
The police officer further said that Dinesh had invested heavily in real estate; he had bought agriculture land worth Rs1 crore last year. Ten bank accounts have been found in which Rs1.6 lakh has been found in 4 bank accounts the remaining six bank accounts would be checked, he added.
After the department found irregularities in the work Chourasia has been served departmental notice to provide explanation about the irregularities.
Singh said estimated income by known sources of the accused would be around Rs25 lakh in his 26 years of job but the wealth amassed is much higher which was found during raids. A 15 member team headed by Deputy Superintendent Rajkumar Sharma and Inspector BK Singh conducted the raids.
On Friday morning the team raided Surya Nagar area residence of Chourasia in Obedullahganj and during the raids four houses, three shops, one car, two wheelers, gold ornaments and documents claiming partnership in 24 flats of Krishna Apartment.
A case under section 13 (1) (e) and 13 (2) of the Prevention of the Corruption Act 1988 has been registered.