Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and Economic Offence Wing (EOW) sleuths swooped down on residence and offices of nine Government officials including three Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers in Chhattisgarh on Saturday and seized papers and other documents regarding their unaccounted assets running into millions.
According to ACB sources, unaccounted money disproportionate to their known sources of income and property to the tune of several crores, were seized during the raids. Altogether ten teams took part in the state-wide raid.
ACB officials informed that the evaluation of property papers and investment documents seized during the raids, were in progress when the last report came into. Additional Director General of Police (ACB/EOW) Mukesh Gupta said that details of the property seized, would be known only after the assessment is completed.
The raids which started early morning on Saturday were conducted simultaneously at Raipur, Mungeli, Bilaspur, Dharsiva, Balodabazar and Dhamtari.
According to ACB sources residences of Shivshankar Badgaiyya, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Baloda Bazaar, A H Kapasi, IFS Raipur, KK Bisen IFS, DFO, wildlife ranger KR Verma, Dhamtari, were covered under raids.
likewise, residences of Public Works Department (PWD) engineer posted at Bilaspur T R Kunjam, Mungeli CMO Dr S K Baghel, Gorelal Thakur posted at Indira Gandhi Agriculture University Raipur, MM Joshi of Khadi Gram Udyog Vibhag, E Ramsharan Nayak of Education Department were also raided.