Jewellery worth Rs 3 crore found in house and bank lockers of tainted IAS officer
September 19, 2015
Jaipur
Jewellery items worth Rs 3 crore were today recovered by Anti-Corruption Bureau officials from the house and bank lockers of suspended IAS officer Ashok Singhvi who was arrested in a bribery case.
An ACB team searched five lockers of Singhvi here and recovered gold jewellery worth Rs 2.50 crore.
One revolver was also found in a bank account, ACB spokesperson said.
The total seizure from bank lockers and from the house is worth Rs 3 crore, she said.
Singhvi’s house was searched on September 16 night before his arrest.
Besides gold, silver, platinum and diamond jewellery, one expensive branded gold watch was also seized, she said.
Singhvi was arrested in the wee hours of September 17 after ACB officers stumbled on the bribery case involving Rs 2.55 crore.
A total of eight persons, including Singhvi, who was the Principal Secretary (Mines), and two officers of his department are under police custody here since Thursday.
PTI
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