In early morning swoop the special police establishment of the lokayukta police on Sunday raided three premises of a food department officer and seized cash, jewellery and documents of properties allegedly disproportionate to his known sources of income.
The lokayukta Indore team led by Indore lokayukta SP Arun Mishra swooped at the flat of junior food officer Ashwini Nayak, currently posted in Khanda, located on the first floor of the premier Maurya Regency multi-storeyed apartment in Tukoganj area at around 5.30 am on Sunday.
During the raids which continued till late evening, the lokayukt sleuths stumbled upon cash worth `18 lakh cash, documents pertaining to ownership of one full multi-storeyed apartment in Kanpuriya Nagar-Rau, two residential flats at the Sai Darshan Apartments in Gita Bhawan area.
Besides the lokayukta sleuths also seized ownership documents pertaining to two residential plots in Ashok Nagar and Scheme 71 areas of Indore and ownership of a sprawling agricultural plot in city's Rau area, where his wife operated a gas agency and associated godown in the name of daughter Anusha.
In addition to this the official has also been found to be owning three cars, two two- wheelers, jwellery worth about `20 lakh and 8 bank accounts.
The raids were carried out on the basis of complaint against Nayak who had allegedly amassed wealth through corrupt means, said lokayukta's deputy superintendent of police V S Parihar adding that they are conducting a detailed evaluation of his assets. Right now the total value of his disproportionate wealth is not clear, Parihar said.
The accused official, according to report, is away from official duties in Khandwa since last two years on 'No work No salary' principle.
Naik, who joined the food department as food inspector had drawn a salary of around `45 lakh during his 25 years of government job till now. The value of property revealed during the raid could run into several crores of rupees.
Meanwhile, the lokayukta police have registered a case against Nayak under relevant sections of Prevention of Corruption Act and are further investigating the matter.