The Special Police Establishment of the lokayukta found out details of disproportionate assets worth crores of rupees in raids conducted at the Saket Nagar residence of Pradeep Choudhary, Additional General Manager (AGM) of the Central Region Power Distribution Company of the Electricity Board. The investigation continued till late night on Saturday.
lokayukta SP Siddharth Choudhary told media persons that the raid was conducted on receipt of complaints against the officer for long. In the raids lokayukta officials found a recently bought 30 acres of land in Raisen, a luxurious house in Saket Nagar, six flats and two shops in Harshwardhan Nagar, three shops and a plot in Bawadiya Kalan locality, he added.
Besides, the lokayukta officials were surprised to find five quintals of onion stored at his residence. The accused AGM Choudhary has a salary around Rs1.55 lakh per month and he had fainted as soon as he came to know that lokayukta has raided his residence early morning and gained consciousness after about shalf an hour.
During the raid it was found that the Choudhary's daughter is pursuing her studies in london and he had deposited a hefty amount at the time of admission and the fees of course runs in lakhs of rupees.According to the sources, inquiry about wealth disproportionate to known source of income was under process and on Saturday around 7 am the raid was conducted. A bank locker in the Punjab and Sind bank was found and documents of 12 bank accounts were recovered. Around Rs 82000 in cash was also recovered.
Details of Rs 20 lakh have been found which are deposited in these 12 bank accounts. An insurance policy of Rs 15 lakh and documents of fixed deposit were recovered along with documents of investments worth lakhs of rupees in share market.While speaking with media persons Choudhary said that most of the assets found by the lokayukta officials is paternal and some portion of the property was bought during his service period but nothing is illegal and he could provide the documents of the assets in the court.