The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) and Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths on Friday carried out raids at residences of as many as seven Government officials and unearthed properties disproportionate to their known sources of income to the tune of several crores of rupees.
According to police sources, separate teams of ACB and EOW carried out raids simultaneously at different premises of officials based in Ambikapur, Bilaspur, Balrampur, Rajnandgaon, Janjgir-Champa and Raipur districts.
During the raid, sleuths unearthed disproportionate assets worth Rs 13.91 crore and documents relating to properties from their possession. While the raids were still underway till late in the evening, the exact amount of documents or cash seized could not be known immediately.
The officers whose premises were raided were: Ramesh Sharma Assistant Engineer of Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) posted in Raipur; SN Shrivastav, Superintending Engineer of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) Raipur; GP Dubey Sub Divisional Officer (Forest) Balrampur; KK Banjare Deputy Director of Mining Department Bilaspur; AR Naidu Forest Ranger Manpur-Mohla (Rajnandgaon); Suresh Chandra Maheshwari Superintending Engineer PHED Bilaspur and Ramratan Pandey District Manager, Markfed Janjgir.
According to the ACB sources, during the raid in the premises of Markfed District Manager, Janjgir Ramratan Pandey, the team unearthed assets worth Rs 2.82 crores which include house each at Janjgir, Champa, Bilaspur and Raipur towns and Rs 2.42 lakh in cash.
Similarly, disproportionate assets worth Rs 2.72 crore, including a house of Rs 1.5 crore in Raipur, bank lockers and land in Madhya Pradesh were uncovered from Superintending Engineer SN Shrivastav.