In yet another case of involvement of State officials in corrupt practices, the sleuths of the lokayukta police (Ujjain) conducted raids at the premises of an assistant manager of a co-operative credit society in Ujjain on Tuesday and stumbled upon incriminating documents and huge assets owned by the officials disproportionate to his known sources of income.
According to preliminary information, crores of benami property were unearthed from the possession of accused Basanti lal Sharma. Among the assets unearthed include cash of `10 lakh, ornaments of gold and silver, several plots and six four-wheelers.
According to Ujjain lokayukta inspector Basant Shrivastav, acting upon complaints against Sharma, the lokayukta police conducted simultaneous raids at the residences in Alaknanda Nagar, lP Bhargav Nagar and Sarola village on Tuesday morning.
"We recovered papers of property at various other posh colonies in the city including Rishi Nagar, Sethi Nagar, Mahakal Vanijya Kendra, Mahashakti Nagar, Alaknanda Nagar and lP Bhargav Nagar," said Shrivastav adding that Sharma was also found in possession of six luxury cars and three two-wheelers.
According to police, Sharma's income in his 33 years of service should have been only Rs 45 lakh, however, properties and assets pertaining to Rs 1.5 crore have been recovered which is highly disproportionate to his known source of income.
A case has been registered under relevant sections against the accused.