After a complaint was filed that a junior scientist in Pollution Control Board in Madhya Pradesh possessed unaccountable assets, the Economic Offendes Wing (EOW) filed an FIR and on the orders of the court, raided his residence on Sunday. As soon as the EOW team reached the doorstep of the junior scientist, identified as Sushil Kumar Mishra, to conduct raids, seeing them, he got dizzy and fell down. During the raid that was conducted thereafter, assets worth crores have been recovered.
"During the raids, we have recovered Rs 30 lakh cash, jewellery worth Rs 10 lakh, the valuation of which is still going on. 7 vehicles of which 4 are four-wheelers- Mahindra SUV, Scorpio, Indigo, tractor. Also, more than 15 property documents have been found, of which the biggest is the registry of a 7 acre farm house in Bijatha. Moreover, there is also papers of registry of property in Badhkar, Ghudan, Amoda among others," an official of the EOW informed.
The EOW informed that Mishra was living a very lavish life despite being promoted to the position of a junior scientist just recently. "Before this, he was the lab assitant. His salary was estimated to be below 50 lakh (per annum), and the assets that have been recovered are his", the EOW official informed, adding that the investigation is going on, and further action would be taken on the basis of the new information that will be gathered. "The properties, the documents of which have been recovered, will be raided. Right now, we have got 14 documents, but we are expecting to get hold of a few more," the official further said.