New Delhi, Nov 09: CBI has registered 20 cases including acquisition of wealth disproportionate to known sources of income during countrywide raids on the premises of
senior government officials.
CBI sources said that the search operations at 32 places in Delhi, Mumbai, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati, Pune, Bangalore, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Jameshedpur and Surat ended this morning.
During the raids, CBI made some cash recoveries besides seizing antique idols worth crores of rupees dating back to the 14th century of Chandola dynasty, the sources said.
CBI's Chennai branch recovered Rs 11 lakh bank balance, four houses and other moveable and immoveable property from a superintendent of customs against whom a disproportionate
assets case was registered, agency sources said.
Searches were carried out against an excise official in
Hyderabad from whom CBI claimed to have recovered Rs 1.6 lakh
unaccounted wealth. Another official of excise and customs
department was raided in Vishakapatnam.
The officials against whom the cases were registered belonged to Delhi Milk Scheme, Punjab and Sind Bank, land and development departments of Delhi government and officials of railways and telecommunication.
CBI sources said four idols of Lord Shiva, Goddess Parvati, Lord Rama and Lord Natrajan dating back to the 14th century were recovered from a private house in South Delhi.
The sources said the idols, worth crores of rupees in the international market, were to be smuggled out of the country.
CBI first started the nationwide drive in February this year and buoyed by its success, similar exercises was carried out in June and August again.
Bureau Report
