<p> Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil today announced that a high level inquiry would be conducted into allegations about a senior IPS officer amassing massive wealth, much of it through land deals.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Patil made the announcement while replying to a query by Leader of Opposition Eknath Khadse, who claimed that while Krishna Prakash, now Additional Commissioner of police in Mumbai, was serving as SP, he had amassed large property.<br /><br />While he was SP at Ahmednagar, the IPS officer bought two acre land there, three acre at Shirdi and also flats in Pune and Mumbai, Khadse alleged.<br /><br />Krishna Prakash misused his position in these transactions, the BJP leader said and sought to know if he had obtained permission of the state government before buying the property.<br /><br />Devendra Fadnavis of BJP said the state government was just whiling away time in pretext of inquiry against the IPS officer. "How could he get land near Shirdi airport for a mere one lakh, when the market rate was Rs 30 lakh," he said. The officer should be suspended, he added.<br /><br />Patil said the inquiry would be conducted by additional DG level officer. The probe would be completed in three months and the report tabled in the House, he said</p>
<p> Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil today announced that a high level inquiry would be conducted into allegations about a senior IPS officer amassing massive wealth, much of it through land deals.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Patil made the announcement while replying to a query by Leader of Opposition Eknath Khadse, who claimed that while Krishna Prakash, now Additional Commissioner of police in Mumbai, was serving as SP, he had amassed large property.<br /><br />While he was SP at Ahmednagar, the IPS officer bought two acre land there, three acre at Shirdi and also flats in Pune and Mumbai, Khadse alleged.<br /><br />Krishna Prakash misused his position in these transactions, the BJP leader said and sought to know if he had obtained permission of the state government before buying the property.<br /><br />Devendra Fadnavis of BJP said the state government was just whiling away time in pretext of inquiry against the IPS officer. "How could he get land near Shirdi airport for a mere one lakh, when the market rate was Rs 30 lakh," he said. The officer should be suspended, he added.<br /><br />Patil said the inquiry would be conducted by additional DG level officer. The probe would be completed in three months and the report tabled in the House, he said</p>