The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Saturday carried out simultaneous raids in four different cities at homes and offices of eight Chhattisgarh officers and recovered cash in lakhs and land documents and other papers which confirmed that they had invested a huge amount of money disproportionate to their known source of income in real estate business, jewellery and the share market.
Over 50 ACB officials swooped down on homes and offices of Dayamani Minj, Deputy Director Civil Supplies Corporation limited Raipur, SN Pathak, Executive Engineer PMGSY Bilaspur, KK Chandrakar, Registrar Pt Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Hariram Sharma, Joint Director Rajiv Gandhi Shiksha Mission, Raipur, Arvind Rahi, Sub-Engineer PMGSY, Raigarh, Arun Sharma, CMO Municipal Council Gharghoda and Suresh Barua, EE Municipal Corporation Bilaspur.
The raids were carried out after the ACB was tipped off that certain officers had amassed massive money illegally in recent years.
The ACB team recovered about Rs 40 lakh hidden in a pillow cover at the Bilaspur residence of SN Pathak. Reports say that bundles of incriminating documents packed in suitcases were recovered during a raid at the residence of Dayamani Minj in Raipur.
Raid on Hariram Sharma’s house in Raipur confirmed that he had purchased several acres of land and has bungalows in Raipur’s Tatibandh, Vishal Nagar and Boriakala localities. Initial analysis of the documents seized from his house indicated that he had invested millions in a Hyderabad-headquartered company and also in the coal business.
The residence of Registrar of Chhattisgarh’s highly prestigious Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University based in Raipur, KK Chandrakar was raided and ACB officials claimed they found enough documents and papers to prove that he had become a millionaire through corrupt means.