Suspended official's house raided; assets worth crores found

Lokayukta Police today raided the residence of Karera Janpad Panchayat's suspended CEO in Maharajpura area here and found assets and properties worth crores of rupees belonging to him.
"Acting on a tip-off, a Lokayukta team raided the residence of Shiv Kumar Shrivastava and found fixed deposit receipts worth Rs 68 lakh, LIC policies worth Rs 13.50 lakh and Rs 3.22 lakh cash and jewellery," Lokayukta Gwalior SP, Atul Singh said.
The officer said that documents of a 2400 sq ft house in BSF Colony and details of a number of other properties in Gwalior were also found during the search.

"In Bhind proper, registries of three plots and papers of two huge agriculture land in Gohad tehsil of Bhind district and Datia districts were also found. Similarly, documents of a plot in Karera, a plot in Bhopal, two flats and one duplex house were also found," Singh said.
The SP said it is learned that Shrivastava was suspended while working as a CEO in Karera in Shivpuri district and an inquiry is going on against him. At present, he is attached to Karera Janpad Panchayat's office in Ashoknagar district.
At the time of raid, he was not present at his residence in Gwalior, the SP said adding that the exact value of his properties can be ascertained only after the proper valuation of all the assets.