Gandhinagar: The Anti-Corruption Bureau has registered a case against a retired class-3 deputy mamlatdar (E-Dhara kendra Kalol) in Gujarat for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. As against his legitimate income of Rs 24.97 crore, the government employee, who retired a few years back made expenditure/investments worth Rs. 55.45 crore.This was Rs 30.47 crore, or 122.39 per cent, more than his known sources of income, the ACB said in a release. Between 2006 and 2020, the accused had deposited Rs 5.48 crore cash into bank accounts. The ACB also found that Desai had made Rs 7.42 crore cash payments and withdrawn Rs. 3.08 crore from his bank accounts during this period.

Rs. 4.61 crore sum was transferred to countries abroad by accused from bank accounts of his family members which indicates that he has made foreign investments in business. Desai and six others ae booked under anti corruption law, 2018 amendment, section 12, 13(1) (B) and 13 (2). This is first case in the history of Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) involving such a big amount of disproportionate assets, as high as Rs. 30.47 crore. ACB has unearthed 3 flats, 2 bungalows, 11 shops, 1 office, 2 plots, BMW, Audi, Jaguar, Honda City – total 11 cars worth Rs. 3 crore.
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