IPS officer booked in assets case

The Anti Corruption Bureau has booked an IPS officer posted at the Police Motor Transport Department in Gandhinagar for forgery and possessing disproportionate assets .

The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has booked an IPS officer posted at the Police Motor Transport Department in Gandhinagar for forgery and possessing disproportionate assets .

Superintendent of Police M D Jani and his wifes total income from 1989 to 2007 was Rs 34.42 lakh,whereas his expenditure, including his insurance policies,was allegedly above Rs 50 lakh during the same period. Jani bought eight policies of HDFC Standard Insurance and three policies of SBI Life Insurance worth almost Rs 17 lakh ,all in a month in 2007. Moreover,he bought the policies on bogus demand drafts reportedly prepared by his agent and relative Uday in Surat,said an ACB official.

Jani handed over the premium amount to his agent Uday. The agent,in order to cover up his investments,made DDs in the name of 31 fake applicants in favour of one Prime Co-operative Bank Ltd, ACB Joint Director P K Jadeja said.

Banks demand PAN cards as proof for any DD above Rs 50,000 and so Uday made many DDs of Rs 49,000 each with the names of fake persons,the ACB said. The DDs were given to the cashier of Prime Co-operative Bank at Adajan in Surat. When the bank sent letters to the addresses mentioned in the DDs,the same came back since the addresses were fake,said ACB officials. Eventually,the Enforcement Directorate was alerted,who in turn informed the state DGP about the case. The case was forwarded to ACB for investigation. The ACB has been inquiring into the case from October 2009.

The ACB said Jani had bought several properties in Ahmedabad using fake documents. In one case,he sold an apartment to four persons in Ahmedabad.

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