lokayukta authorities on Wednesday conducted searches at the Indore and Bhopal houses of former exam controller of Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) Pankaj Trivedi the main accused in the MPPEB scam and his brother Piyush Trivedi and stumbled upon incriminating documents showing huge income disproportionate to his known sources of income.
Total value of assets unearthed from Trivedi's residence have been valued at several crores, though exact details would be known only after scrutiny verification of all the documents, lokayukta sources informed. A 15-member lokayukta team arrived at Trivedi’s residence at around 6 am and stumbled upon incriminating documents showing income disproportionate to his known sources of income. During search, Trivedi's wife was present.The sleuths also sealed Bhopal house of Trivedi, they said.
As per preliminary investigations, the sleuths have gathered information about Trivedi's assets, including around 5.5 hectares of agricultural land at Tori village of Sanwer tehsil, one plot of land measuring 2,800 sq ft at Prakritik colony in Bicholin Hapsi, a locker of Punjab National Bank at Kesharbagh road, documents related to his investment in insurance companies, a house in Vijay Nagar worth Rs 50 lakh, various bank accounts.