<p>The Lokayukta Police here on Saturday carried out search at the house of Deputy Inspector General, Prisons and unearthed assets worth crores of rupees, disproportionate to known sources of income.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Acting on a tip-off, Lokayukta sleuths raided Umesh Kumar Gandhi’s house in the Old Jail premises, said Superintendent of Police Siddharth Choudhrary.<br /><br />The Lokayukta Police found fixed deposit receipts of Rs 2.3 crore, Rs 40 lakh investment in LIC, Rs 4 lakh cash and title documents of 25 properties in Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Raisen, Katni and Sagar districts, Choudhary said.<br /><br />The search was still on, he added. <br /><br />Properties to be schools<br /><br />Meanwhile, the Madhya Pradesh government has decided that confiscated premises of officials found guilty of corruption would be turned into schools or ‘anganwadi’ centres (nurseries for underprivileged children), as in Bihar.<br /><br />The decision was taken by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to mark the State’s Foundation Day, official sources said on Saturday.<br /><br />A special court for corruption cases at Indore had recently ordered confiscation of the properties belonging to a Regional Transport Office clerk, Raman Dhuldhoye.<br /><br />The order was passed as per the provisions of Madhya Pradesh Special Courts Act, 2011.<br /><br /> Dhuldhoye was found to own a farm house, 5.5 hectares of agricultural land, posh houses at different places and plots of land, among other things.<br /><br /></p>
<p>The Lokayukta Police here on Saturday carried out search at the house of Deputy Inspector General, Prisons and unearthed assets worth crores of rupees, disproportionate to known sources of income.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Acting on a tip-off, Lokayukta sleuths raided Umesh Kumar Gandhi’s house in the Old Jail premises, said Superintendent of Police Siddharth Choudhrary.<br /><br />The Lokayukta Police found fixed deposit receipts of Rs 2.3 crore, Rs 40 lakh investment in LIC, Rs 4 lakh cash and title documents of 25 properties in Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Raisen, Katni and Sagar districts, Choudhary said.<br /><br />The search was still on, he added. <br /><br />Properties to be schools<br /><br />Meanwhile, the Madhya Pradesh government has decided that confiscated premises of officials found guilty of corruption would be turned into schools or ‘anganwadi’ centres (nurseries for underprivileged children), as in Bihar.<br /><br />The decision was taken by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to mark the State’s Foundation Day, official sources said on Saturday.<br /><br />A special court for corruption cases at Indore had recently ordered confiscation of the properties belonging to a Regional Transport Office clerk, Raman Dhuldhoye.<br /><br />The order was passed as per the provisions of Madhya Pradesh Special Courts Act, 2011.<br /><br /> Dhuldhoye was found to own a farm house, 5.5 hectares of agricultural land, posh houses at different places and plots of land, among other things.<br /><br /></p>