CBI raids net 53 officials for graft

In its second anti-corruption raid this year, the CBI today registered cases against 85 persons, including 53 public servants. Searches were...

In its second anti-corruption raid this year, the CBI today registered cases against 85 persons, including 53 public servants. Searches were conducted at 144 places in the country in which assets worth Rs 11.86 crore were detected.

Among the departments whose officials were booked are Customs and Central Excise, BSNL, Controller of Explosives, TRIFED, Coal India Ltd, Posts and Telegraph, Air India, AAI, FCI, United India Insurance Company, UBI, SBI, Bank of Baroda, MCD and Delhi Police.

CBI director U.S. Misra said: ‘Thrity cases were registered against 30 public servants for amassing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income.’’ We maintain lists of officers of doubtful integrity who are continuously under surveillance, he added.

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Among the officers booked are general manager of MTNL, Mumbai, Ashok Kumar Dinkar, booked for illegal assets worth Rs 43.38 lakh. Others included DGM (Sports) of Air India, Mumbai, Praveen Kumar Barwe, and Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax, Hydrabad, C. Venkateshwar Rao, and a Joint Commissioner of Income Tax, Mumbai, Vivek Batra.

Delhi Police DCP, A.A. Farooquee, was booked for having assets Rs 82.55 lakhs. While, Sanjay Kumar Sah, director finance, Urban Development Ministry, for possessing assets over Rs 47.68 lakh.

Nine officials of Post and Telegraph Department of Allahabad were found to have misappropriated saving certificates worth Rs 2.79 crore. CBI’s Kolkata branch has registered a case against five persons.

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