Bhopal: Approval Granted To Prosecute Ex-Asst Excise Commissioner Alok Khare

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The state government has granted prosecution approval to Lokayukta police to file chargesheet against former assistant excise commissioner Alok Khare, sources said here on Tuesday. In 2019, Lokayukta police had carried out searches and registered a case against the then assistant excise commissioner Alok Khare for possessing assets worth crores of rupees that were disproportionate to his known source of income.

Though the permission for the approval has been given by state government, the formal information is yet to reach the office, sources said. On October 15, 2019, a case was registered against Alok Khare and his wife following Lokayukta searches, which had unearthed assets worth crores of rupees that were disproportionate to his known source of income.

A 70-member team of Lokayukta police had carried out simultaneous searches on seven premises of Khare who was then posted in Indore. Searches were carried out in Bhopal, Indore, Raisen and Chhatarpur. Following the searches, Lokayukta police had seized the property worth more than Rs 100 crore.

The searches continued for more than three days in places including Bhopal, Indore, Raisen and Chhatarpur. Alok was recruited through Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission in 1998. BOX What was found? During the searches, Lokayukta police had found over 100 acres of land in Chattarpur and Bhopal, 2 kilograms of gold, more than 10 kilograms of silver jewellery, eight expensive plots in Bhopal, two bungalows in upscale Golden City.

Papers of plots, houses, agriculture land, office, luxury vehicles and many more were found during the searches. A sum of Rs 46 lakh was found in the bank account of his wife Meenakshi Khare. In Raisen, Khare owned two farm houses, one in Dabra Imalia and other in Chopra village worth crores of rupees. The estimated cost of Raisen property is more than Rs 5 crore.

Published on: Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 07:01 AM IST