MP: Lokayukta team raids premises of IDA sub-engineer, recovers Rs 36.65 lakh cash

Lokayukta team seized cash worth Rs 35.65 lakh, 1.35 kg gold jewellery, 7 kg silver including papers of four shops and around eight plots at posh locations from the premises of a sub-engineer working at the Indore Development Authority (IDA).

Indore: A team of Lokayukta on Saturday raided eight premises belonging to a sub-engineer working at the Indore Development Authority (IDA).

A team was also sent to his ancestral village Khargon to carry out raids.

Cash worth Rs 35.65 lakh, 1.35 kg gold jewellery, 7 kg silver including papers of four shops and around eight plots at posh locations were recovered by the Lokayukta police from Gajanand Patidar's residence.

"Nine locations belonging to Gajan and his family members were raided on Saturday morning and we have recorded a huge amount of cash and belongings," Deputy Superintendent of police Praveen Singh Bahel told media on Saturday.

A case has been in this regard and investigation is underway.