Disproportionate Wealth

The Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Tuesday arrested former Congress MLA Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon for allegedly amassing "huge wealth" than his known sources of income, officials said.

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered a case of disproportionate assets against a top police official in Telangana after searches at various locations in the state revealed that he had amassed assets over Rs 70 crore unknown to his lawful source of income.

Two years ago, Telangana officer V Lavanya was named the state's "best tehsildar". On Thursday, news of cash and gold worth over a crore being hauled out of her home in raids shocked many.

The anti-graft Vigilance wing yesterday arrested an Odisha Finance Service (OFS) officer and her husband an Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer for allegedly amassing assets worth Rs 6.87 crore, disproportionate to their known sources of income.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has booked a senior Indian Forest Service officer and his wife for allegedly amassing assets worth over Rs 10 crore, which were 240 per cent above his known sources of income.

Vowing to continue the crackdown on black money, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that over Rs 1.75 lakh crore deposited in banks post note-ban and more than 18 lakh people with disproportionate income are under government scrutiny.

Of the 18 lakh, 4.5 lakh people have come out in open and are seeking to amend their "mistakes," PM Modi said, adding that one lakh had not paid income tax ever in past.

The Anti-Corruption Bureau on Wednesday arrested an assistant executive engineer working with the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, K V Madhav Rao, for amassing wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income.

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today reportedly "failed to explain the evidences" against him during questioning by the CBI in New Delhi and he was summoned again on Friday for a second round of questioning in a case of alleged disproportionate wealth.

An official in Andhra Pradesh has been arrested and sent to jail for amassing wealth said to be around Rs 800 crore, allegedly through corruption.

Uttar Pradesh politician Mayawati may face fresh charges of corruption with the Supreme Court today agreeing to hear a two-year-old petition asking for investigations to be reopened into whether she amassed crores in illegal wealth when she was chief minister.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today has registered two cases of corruption, and carried out raids at 14 places including Noida and Ghaziabad against former chief engineer of Noida authority, Yadav Singh, accused of corruption and amassing huge wealth disproportionate to his income, according to sources.

A lawyer affiliated to the ruling AIADMK was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly criticising Special Court Judge John Michael Cunha's judgement, convicting former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in a wealth case, police said.

Former Maharashtra Medical Education Minister Vijaykumar Gavit, who faces charges of wealth accumulation by him and his family members in a disproportionate assets case, joined the BJP in Mumbai today.

Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Dr Mayank Jain was suspended by the Madhya Pradesh government following recovery of alleged disproportionate assets from his possession by the Lokayukta Police.

The Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Tuesday arrested former Congress MLA Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon for allegedly amassing "huge wealth" than his known sources of income, officials said.

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered a case of disproportionate assets against a top police official in Telangana after searches at various locations in the state revealed that he had amassed assets over Rs 70 crore unknown to his lawful source of income.

Two years ago, Telangana officer V Lavanya was named the state's "best tehsildar". On Thursday, news of cash and gold worth over a crore being hauled out of her home in raids shocked many.

The anti-graft Vigilance wing yesterday arrested an Odisha Finance Service (OFS) officer and her husband an Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer for allegedly amassing assets worth Rs 6.87 crore, disproportionate to their known sources of income.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has booked a senior Indian Forest Service officer and his wife for allegedly amassing assets worth over Rs 10 crore, which were 240 per cent above his known sources of income.

Vowing to continue the crackdown on black money, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that over Rs 1.75 lakh crore deposited in banks post note-ban and more than 18 lakh people with disproportionate income are under government scrutiny.

Of the 18 lakh, 4.5 lakh people have come out in open and are seeking to amend their "mistakes," PM Modi said, adding that one lakh had not paid income tax ever in past.

The Anti-Corruption Bureau on Wednesday arrested an assistant executive engineer working with the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, K V Madhav Rao, for amassing wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income.

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today reportedly "failed to explain the evidences" against him during questioning by the CBI in New Delhi and he was summoned again on Friday for a second round of questioning in a case of alleged disproportionate wealth.

An official in Andhra Pradesh has been arrested and sent to jail for amassing wealth said to be around Rs 800 crore, allegedly through corruption.

Uttar Pradesh politician Mayawati may face fresh charges of corruption with the Supreme Court today agreeing to hear a two-year-old petition asking for investigations to be reopened into whether she amassed crores in illegal wealth when she was chief minister.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today has registered two cases of corruption, and carried out raids at 14 places including Noida and Ghaziabad against former chief engineer of Noida authority, Yadav Singh, accused of corruption and amassing huge wealth disproportionate to his income, according to sources.

A lawyer affiliated to the ruling AIADMK was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly criticising Special Court Judge John Michael Cunha's judgement, convicting former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in a wealth case, police said.

Former Maharashtra Medical Education Minister Vijaykumar Gavit, who faces charges of wealth accumulation by him and his family members in a disproportionate assets case, joined the BJP in Mumbai today.

Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Dr Mayank Jain was suspended by the Madhya Pradesh government following recovery of alleged disproportionate assets from his possession by the Lokayukta Police.