Overview
- Lokayukta Special Police Establishment teams carried out coordinated multi‑location searches tied to Joint Director Laxminarayan Kandwal, with major raids conducted on Wednesday that led to document and asset seizures.
- Officials recovered movable and immovable items including a G+3 commercial‑residential building, multiple land parcels near Pithampur and Indore, jewellery, business inventory, gym equipment, vehicles and a bank locker, with preliminary valuations reported between about Rs 9.5 crore and roughly Rs 11 crore.
- A formal case was registered under Sections 13(1)(b) and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018, investigators froze bank accounts and moved to open and examine the seized bank locker and financial records.
- Lokayukta officials say the identified assets far exceed Kandwal’s declared career income of about Rs 2.5–2.8 crore and noted many properties are registered to relatives; the officer has cited his wife’s sewing income and rental receipts as explanations that investigators will verify through tax and bank records.
- The probe now centers on forensic accounting, bank and land‑record checks and interdepartmental queries to the Income Tax and registration offices, and findings could expand valuations, prompt disciplinary action and lead to criminal prosecution if unexplained wealth is confirmed.