Indore: Assets of Mineral Officer worth over ₹3 crore seized by Lokayukta
The officials have also registered a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act in Lokayukta police station, Bhopal, said DSP Lokayukta Indore.
The anti-corruption wing of Lokayukta on Tuesday raided various residences of Mineral Officer Manmohan Khatedia (at present posted in District Dewas) and recovered properties worth more than ₹3 crores, said Anand Yadav, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Lokayukta Indore.
The officials have also registered a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act in Lokayukta police station, Bhopal, said DSP Lokayukta Indore.
According to the officials, Lokayukta’s team has found various residences of Manmohan in different areas including Tulsi Nagar Colony and Mahalaxmi Nagar, Indore. Properties are also found in District Dhar, Jhabua, and Ujjain.
In the preliminary investigation, properties worth more than rupees three crores have been recovered. Apart from houses, some lands, commercial plots, two luxury vehicles and a Stone crusher plant have also been found in his son’s name, said DSP Anand Yadav.
“Apart from this, three and a half lakh rupees were also found in cash”, added DSP Yadav.
While talking to ANI, Yadav said, “During the investigation, it was revealed that the value of the property found is many times more than the government salary of Manmohan. He was posted as Mineral Officer in 1991, according to which since then his salary has been around ₹one crore 25 lacks, but in the preliminary investigation, it has been found that he has got property worth more than ₹3 crores.”
MP high court quashes FIR against former FM Raghavji in ‘unnatural sex’ case
ByMonika Pandey
Jun 17, 2023 11:27 AM IST
The former BJP legislator was arrested and was facing charges under section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in July 2013 for sodomising a youth.
The Madhya Pradesh high court on Friday quashed the first information report (FIR) filed against Raghavji, the former finance minister.
The former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator was arrested and was facing charges under section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in July 2013 for sodomising a youth.
In July 2013, Raghavji was arrested following a complaint by his house help in which he mentioned that he was sexually assaulted by then-finance minister Raghavji and produced a CD.
In the petition filed by Raghavji, the statement of the father of the complainant has been included as significant evidence.
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According to the father of the complainant, his son was not “mentally stable” and also a habitual intoxicant and in the “habit of making fallacious allegations against high-up-place persons of the society”.
