Overview
- The Special Court in Raipur approved the EOW’s request to attach additional immovable assets valued at about Rs 4 crore, blocking any sale or transfer of the listed properties.
- The state Economic Offences Wing and Anti-Corruption Bureau said the action covers residential and commercial holdings and some liquid assets, including nine properties traced to linked names.
- Investigators allege the assets were parked in the names of family members and firms in suspected benami arrangements to conceal the officer’s gains.
- A formal disproportionate-assets case, Crime No. 23/2024, is on record under Sections 13(1)(b) and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, which targets wealth beyond known lawful income.
- The Enforcement Directorate had earlier provisionally attached five properties in the coal levy probe, and officials say the suspended 2009-batch IAS officer remains in judicial custody as asset tracing continues.