The Anti-Corruption Organisation (ACO) of UP Police registered a disproportionate assets (DA) case against head constable Ajay Kumar Singh, who was earlier gunner of former Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad (ABAP) chief Narendra Giri.
Singh acquired assets worth `95.79 lakh in a fixed period and had also spent `1.22 crore in the same period, through various sources of income disproportionate to his known sources.
Inspector (Anti-corruption organisation, Prayagraj unit) Thakur Das has lodged an FIR at the Colonelganj police station under Section 13 (1) b and 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act against Ajay Kumar Singh of Kodai village (Ballia) and currently residing at Allahapur (Georgetown) and found him guilty in disproportionate assets case after conducting a detailed probe against him.
In the FIR, inspector Das mentioned that the Home department had on December 27, 2022, ordered a probe against the accused head constable and probe began in January 10. He also claimed the head constable had earned `95,79,591 through various sources in a fixed period and had spent `1,22,58,251 in the same period.
The FIR alleged the head constable had spent around 28 per cent more money than his known sources of income.
The FIR also stated that Singh had failed to answer many questions during the investigations, following which he was found guilty prima facie.
Police sources, meanwhile, said Singh, who was recruited in police in 2005 on the post of constable, remained police gunner of ABAP chief Narendra Giri for a long time and after the latter’s death, he was transferred to Kaushambi from Prayagraj.