Sleuths of Madhya Pradesh lokayukta in simultaneous raids at business and residential premises of senior IPS officer Mayank Jain in Indore, Bhopal, Rewa, Ujjain and Khargone on Thursday stumbled upon incriminating documents showing unaccounted property worth crores of rupees, disproportionate to his known sources of income.
A 1995 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, Jain is currently posted as Inspector general (IG) community policing in Bhopal.The raids, on the residential premises of Jain at Bhopal, Ujjain, Rewa, Indore and Khargone revealed crores worth of unaccounted wealth in fixed deposits, insurance policies, jewellery and immovable properties, lokayukta sources here informed.When a team of lokayukta police raided the Revera Town house in Bhopal, Jain and his wife Dr Sapna Jain were present. The shocked couple first opposed the action, but later agreed to support in the investigation. The house that was raided is owned by former MlA Girija Shankar Sharma and rented by Jain.
lokayukta police had sent its two teams led by DSPs Daulat Singh and Shankarlal Kataria in Indore where the lokayukta police teams raided a concrete mixing plant owned by Jain at Raukhedi village and an office located on Kanchan Sagar building on AB Road Indore where he runs an online shopping office.Jain who earlier posted as Deputy IG Ujjain for long had also served in various capacities such as CSP and ASP in different cities and towns. Besides, he had also served as commandant 15h Battalion, Indore this is the first time that a rain on any IPS officer has been carried out by the lokayukta police.
Though exact estimate of property unearthed by the lokayukta police was not known, it is estimated that total value of this unaccounted property may run into crores of rupees.