Three out of five officers against whom Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) had registered cases of amassing huge assets disproportionate to their known sources of income ,have been arrested.
Two of them including DK Diwan Deputy Commissioner Chhattisgarh Housing Board (CHB) from whose possession ACB had recently uncovered disproportionate assets in excess of more than Rs 10 crore is absconding, a press statement issued by Police Headquarters said here on Wednesday.
Teams of Economic Offence Wing (EOW) had carried out raids after the prima-facie involvement of the officers in these cases was confirmed, the press statement said.“The arrested persons were presented in a local court that sent them to jail on judicial remand,” Superintendent of Police (ACB) RP Sai, told The Pioneer.
An ACB team in 2010 had raided house and office of SN Rathore the then Executive Engineer Raipur Municipal Corporation and had uncovered unaccounted assets to the tune of Rs 3.63 crore from his possession. He has been arrested, the press statement mentioned.In a different action, Madheshwar Prasad Shah EE, Public Works Department (PWD) who had amassed property of about Rs 5 crore including cashof about Rs 50 lakh was also arrested , it said.
likewise Rajesh Kumar Gupta Sub Divisional Officer, lohara, Kabirdham under whose possession ACB had unravelled assets to the tune of Rs 7.88 crore including Rs 80 lakh deposited in bank cash Rs 31 lakh and Rs 20 lakh invested in schemes of life Insurance Corporation (lIC), was also arrested.
However lav Kumar Mishra, Sub Inspector Excise (now retired) who was booked for indulging in corrupt practices managed to flee from house while the ACB team raided his house, the press statement said.DK Diwan Deputy Commissioner Chhattisgarh Housing Board is absconding for the past three days, the statement said.