IAS officer under scanner for owning Rs 93 cr worth property :Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd.

IAS officer under scanner for owning Rs 93 cr
worth property
21/02/2010
Raipur: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) here has registered
a case against a senior Indian Administrative Services (IAS)
officer after the Income Tax department said he owned
propertiesworth Rs 93 crore.
The IT sleuths raided the residence and business establishments
of IAS officer B.L. Agrawal February 4. He was suspended by the
Chhattisgarh government February 10 and the matter was
referred
to EOW.
An official here said EOW registered a case under various sections
of the Prevention of Corruption Act Saturday, after the Bhopal
circleof the IT department raided Agrawal's house and business
establishments and informed in a preliminary report to the state
government that the 1988 batch IAS officer owned moveable and
immovable properties worth Rs 93 crore.
The IT report said Agrawal invested nearly Rs 60 crore in a steel
plant in the name of his close relatives.
The report added that IT officials found Rs 68 lakh in cash at his
residence and jewellery worth Rs 70 lakh and papers of Rs 8 crore
investment in insurance and mutual funds were recovered from
various bank lockers. Source: IANS
IAS officer under scanner for owning Rs 93 cr worth property