The CBI on Tuesday registered a case of allegedly amassing disproportionate assets worth Rs 6.40 crore against an Indian Revenue Service officer posted as chief accounts officer at Employees’ Providen
The CBI on Tuesday registered a case of allegedly amassing disproportionate assets worth Rs 6.40 crore against an Indian Revenue Service officer posted as chief accounts officer at Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation and his wife.
According to sources, a case has been registered against 1991-batch IRS officer Sanjay Kumar — a commissioner ranked officer — and his wife besides two firms owned by her. The agency also conducted searches at seven locations in three cities — three each in Delhi and Mumbai and one in Patna in connection with the case.
There are allegations that Mr Kumar, financial advisor and chief administrative officer at EPFO here, and his wife have amassed '6.40 crore worth of disproportionate assets during 2006-15, sources said. “It was alleged that the said officer of EPFO had accumulated assets in his name and in the name of his family members which are disproportionate to his known sources of income. It was alleged that his wife abetted him by investing the money through the said firms.
