CM gives nod to attach assets of 8 tainted officials
Chief minister Devendra
Fadnavis has cleared the anti-corruption bureau's (ACB) proposal to
attach properties of eight public servants facing corruption charges.
Among them is suspended deputy collector (encroac
hment) and former Mhada officer Nitish Thakur, whose properties are
valued at an eye-popping Rs 143 crore. Other tainted officials
include a police inspector, a school principal, a lower division clerk, a
primary healthcare centre compounder, a public works department
sub-engineer, a government
hospital medical assistant and an irrigation department section
engineer.
The assets of the officials, which range from nearly Rs 6 lakh to about Rs 98 lakh, were found to be beyond their known sources of income. The sanction to the ACB to attach the properties of eight corrupt officials is the first time in recent years that the government has taken such swift action on graft, say Mantralaya sources.
Clearance was granted last week by Fadnavis, who on Thursday confirmed this to TOI. Last month, Fadnavis ordered the ACB to conduct a probe against three former NCP ministers, Ajit Pawar, Sunil Tatkare and Chhagan Bhujbal.
The Nitish Thakur graft matter is one of the most high-profile corruption cases involving a government official. He was arrested in March 2012 by the ACB and released on bail.During a search of his prop erties, the police found a Gorai bungalow, two duplex flats in Vile Parle, and 11 flats and four bungalows in Kandivli, Borivli, Andheri, Ghatkopar, Alibaug, Murud, Kolegoan and Chikli. These were among 26 properties he had amassed as a government official. Investigators also discovered a fleet of high-end cars in his possession.
A few months ago, the enforcement directorate (ED) attached some of Thakur's assets worth Rs 53.57 crore in connection with a money laundering case.
The agency, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, had issued orders for the attachment of 55 acres of land, and fixed deposits and bank balance amounting to Rs 53.57 crore allegedly belonging to Thakur.
The assets of the officials, which range from nearly Rs 6 lakh to about Rs 98 lakh, were found to be beyond their known sources of income. The sanction to the ACB to attach the properties of eight corrupt officials is the first time in recent years that the government has taken such swift action on graft, say Mantralaya sources.
Clearance was granted last week by Fadnavis, who on Thursday confirmed this to TOI. Last month, Fadnavis ordered the ACB to conduct a probe against three former NCP ministers, Ajit Pawar, Sunil Tatkare and Chhagan Bhujbal.
The Nitish Thakur graft matter is one of the most high-profile corruption cases involving a government official. He was arrested in March 2012 by the ACB and released on bail.During a search of his prop erties, the police found a Gorai bungalow, two duplex flats in Vile Parle, and 11 flats and four bungalows in Kandivli, Borivli, Andheri, Ghatkopar, Alibaug, Murud, Kolegoan and Chikli. These were among 26 properties he had amassed as a government official. Investigators also discovered a fleet of high-end cars in his possession.
A few months ago, the enforcement directorate (ED) attached some of Thakur's assets worth Rs 53.57 crore in connection with a money laundering case.
The agency, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, had issued orders for the attachment of 55 acres of land, and fixed deposits and bank balance amounting to Rs 53.57 crore allegedly belonging to Thakur.
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