The Chhattisgarh Housing Board (CGHB) on Wednesday took its Deputy Commissioner DK Diwan whose properties were raided by Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths off field duty while attaching his services with the headquarters.
It may be recalled that the ACB sleuths allegedly found unaccounted assets disproportionate to the tune of worth more than Rs 10 crore during the raids on Saturday last.
Commissioner Chhattisgarh Housing Board (CHB) Sanjay Shukla while talking with The Pioneer confirmed the action on taking Diwan off field duty and his attachment with the CGHB headquarters.
“He (Diwan) has been attached with head office. We are waiting for the written report from ACB and based on the report, further action will be taken against him,” the Commissioner said. Notably, Diwan held the charge of Raipur, Durg and Bastar division.
Meanwhile, CGHB Executive Engineer HK Verma has been given the charge of Raipur division while Deputy Commissioner Harsh Kumar has been handed over the additional charge of Durg division, the Commissioner informed.
The ACB sleuths on Saturday had raided residences of D iwan in Bhilai, his parental home in Pithoda, Mahasmund and office located in Shankar Nagar Raipur and had uncovered huge unaccounted assets worth more than Rs 10 crore including, cash, gold-silver ornaments, shops, flats, land, house and investment in lIC and share market etc.