MP-EOW-RAID

Indore: Swachh Bharat mission in-charge booked in
disproportionate assets case
    Indore, Oct 11 (PTI) The Economic Offences Wing (EOW)
of Madhya Pradesh police on Thursday claimed to have unearthed
illegitimate wealth of Rs 15 crore belonging to a civic
official here who is local in-charge of the Swachh Bharat
Abhiyan.
    Raids were carried out on Thursday at the properties
of Abhay Singh Rathore, an assistant engineer with the Indore
Municipal Corporation, and his relatives, an EOW official
said.
    Rathore was the local in-charge of the Swachh Bharat
Mission, the Union government's initiative, he said.
    Indore was declared the `cleanest city of India' in
the Union government's survey in 2018.
    EOW sleuths recovered Rs 20 lakh in cash, jewellery
and documents related to properties which Rathore had
allegedly purchased in the name of his daughter and other
relatives, he said.
    As per the preliminary estimate, his assets are worth
around Rs 15 core, an amount hugely disproportionate to his
known sources of income, the official said.
    Rathore joined the IMC in 1995 and his average monthly
salary is Rs 50,000, he said.
    A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act was
registered against him and further probe is on, the official
added. The accused has not been arrested yet. PTI HWP LAL MAS
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