lokayukta police in an early morning swoop on Thursday carried out raids at the residences of a Deputy labour Commissioner lP Pathak at his residence, A- 4 Nanda Nagar in Indore and stumbled upon unaccounted assets worth crores of rupees. Besides Indore, the lokayukta police also raided residential and business premises of the Deputy labour Commissioner in Ujjain, Jabalpur, Rau and Devsar.
During the course of raids, the lokayukta police had stumbled upon unaccounted assets worth about Rs 2.5 crores and it may go higher after scrutiny of documents seized during the raids. led by lokayukta SP Virendra Singh, a team of DSP BS Parihar and others, raided Pathak's residence at A-4 Nanda Nagar in Indore early morning on Thursday and recovered documents of properties owned by him in Indore and elsewhere in the State including Ujjain, Rau, Singrauli and Devsar.
According to preliminary verification of the documents seized by the lokayukta police, Pathak owns 50 acres of land in Singarauli, a temple, a costly plot at Pigdamber in Rau, a flat in under-construction DB City, 40 acres of land in Devsar, 15 bighas of land at Ambodia village of Ujjain district, half-a-kg gold worth Rs 16 lakh, silver ornaments, a flat at BCM Heights, plots and shops in Ujjan Development Authority's scheme, locker in ICICI bank, 22 bank accounts, a cash of Rs 2 lakh among others.
Besides documents of movable and immovable properties, the lokayukta police also seized luxury cards and bikes from the residence of Patkhak. Earning a monthly salary of Rs 60,000, Pathak who is posted in Indore for the past eight years during his stint in the labour Department had amassed assets worth crores of rupees through unscrupulous means. In 1998 also, Pathak had been caught red-handed by the lokayukta while taking bribe.
Pathak is presently posted at Antyawasayi Development Corporation which gives subsidy and loans to the people of weaker section at lower interest rates. It was only after repeated complaints of corruption against him in the corporation which prompted the lokayukta police to carry out raids at this residential premises in Indore, Ujjain, Jabalpur and elsewhere in the State.