The Lokayukta police raided Saurabh and Chetan’s house on 18 December. The next day, in the car parked in Mendori village of Bhopal, the Income Tax Department team seized 54 kg of gold, Rs 10 crore cash and crores of rupees transactions.
By Navodit saktawat
Publish date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 09:23:46 pm (IST)
Updated date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 09:37:36 pm (IST)
Highlights
- Now Saurabh and his close Chetan Gaur will be questioned.
- All three are in judicial custody till 17 February.
- Questions will be made about property and bank accounts abroad.
State Bureau, Naiduniya, Bhopal. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has started interrogation from Wednesday in the case of unannounced assets of Rs 93 crore to former constable Saurabh Sharma and his close people of Madhya Pradesh Transport Department.
Three ED officials questioned Sharad Jaiswal, close to Saurabh in Bhopal Central Jail for six hours.
It is believed that Sharad was fully aware of Saurabh’s properties, businesses and leaders and officials, due to which the ED has first questioned him.
Inquiries in separate cabin, asked the same question
- ED officials reached 12 jail in the afternoon. Sharad was questioned in a separate cabin. The big question of the ED was that 54 kg and Rs 10 crore in the car is cash.
- Information about other properties has also been taken. On the other hand, Saurabh met his mother Uma Sharma and Chetan Singh Gaur with his father Pratap Singh in jail.
- Sources said that ED will interrogate Saurabh after Sharad. The ED team has already questioned the ED’s team in their office with other close Saurabh.
- All three can also be interrogated by sitting together to verify the facts that came in the inquiry.
- On the basis of the FIR lodged with the Lokayukta police, the ED had raided Saurabh and close to Saurabh and close people. Now interrogation is being done in the same connection.
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- Explain that on the completion of the police remand, the Lokayukta police presented the three accused in the special court of the Prevention of Corruption Act in Bhopal on February 4 (Tuesday).
- The court has sent all three to jail till 17 February. The ED is questioning in jail with permission from the court.
- In seven days, the police questioned Saurabh, Chetan and Sharad for about 40 hours, but the question of gold and cash remained unresolved.
- In the interrogation of the Lokayukta police, Saurabh had said- he has nothing to do with gold and cash.
- The car in which gold and cash were received is in the name of Chetan, but he has told the police that Saurabh was using the car.
- In such a situation, now the police is also taking legal advice to conduct a narco test. Even after not accepting, the police is preparing to add gold and cash to Saurabh’s benami property.
ED is making inquiry on these points
- It is being told that the ED had found a document in the raid from Saurabh’s house in Gwalior, in which the designas of the transport officials are written in the short. Questions will be asked on this.
- The property found here with the close of Saurabh is not anonymous, but will also be questioned.
- In earlier interrogation, questions will be asked to verify the information given by Saurabh’s mother Uma Sharma, wife Divya, Chetan Singh Gaur and others.
- Property at other places including Dubai will be questioned about payment through hawala.
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Income tax department can start Saurabh from Monday
- The Lokayukta police raided former transport constable Saurabh Sharma and his close Chetan Singh Gaur on 18 December.
- In the raid, the police had found out undisclosed assets worth eight crore rupees. The next day, the Income Tax Department team seized gold, cash and documents from the car.
- Now the Income Tax Department will apply in the special court of the Prevention of Corruption Act and seek permission to interrogate the three accused in jail.
- If permission is received, the Income Tax Department can interrogate them in jail from Monday.
- It can be revealed that whose gold and cash were, where did the car come from, where it was purchased and the payment for it has been made.
- The Income Tax Department suspects this gold from Dubai, Australia or Switzerland, based on some symbols in gold bricks.
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