The Vigilance police which are carrying out further investigations in the graft case of former Horticulture Director Vijay Kumar Upadhayaya, an IAS officer, have detected heavy cash transactions during scrutiny of his bank accounts in private and public sector banks, an official release said on Tuesday.
During the period from 2012 to 2019, cash deposits of around Rs 70 lakh in three banks have been traced. The cash deposits have been made both in counter and through cash accepting machines. There has been a trend of multiple cash deposits in split up amounts on a single day and on successive days.
Out of total cash deposits of Rs.70 lakh, cash deposits of around Rs 22 lakhs relate to Upadhyaya’s tenure as Horticulture Director. Money transactions in a number of linked accounts have been found which are being verified.
Some suspicious accounts have also been found through which illegal gratification is suspected to have been routed.
Requisitions have been placed to all banks to unearth accounts and credit card transactions of Upadhyaya.