In an early morning swoop, sleuths of lokayukta police raided the residential premises of the mandal convener of tribal development department, Indore, Manohar Singh Chouhan and stumbled upon unaccounted assets worth Rs 2 crore.
Further details in this regard are still awaited with the lokayukta police engaged in scrutinizing documents recovered from the residential premises of Chouhan.
According to lokayukta SP Virendra Singh, a team of the lokayukta police comprising DSP Daulat Singh, B S Parihar and M l Kataria raided the residence of Chouhan at 123, Dwarkapuri on Wednesday morning and stumbled upon incriminating documents disproportionate to his known sources of income.
Among the property unearthed by the lokayukta police included a house worth Rs 40 lakh owned by him in Dwarkapuri, two multi-storey boys hostels located at Vidur Nagar and Rajendra Nagar, big chunks of plots and farm house at Devguraria, Tillor Khurd and Kanadia. Besides the lokayukta police also recovered a cash of Rs 1.75 lakh from his residence, gold and silver ornaments, documents of insurance policies, 12 bank accounts. According to sources, Chouhan had also reportedly purchased property in the names of his relatives, details of which were being scouted by the lokayukta police.
Raids were conducted following numerous complaints of bribery and corruption against Chouhan who is currently posted at the office of Indore collector. Sources informed that Chouhan during his 15 years stint in his job had amassed crores of rupees through unscrupulous means. His name had also reportedly figured in the scholarship scam of para-medical college surfaced sometime back. Chouhan has two sons who are pursuing higher degrees.