Bhopal: The director general special police establishment Anil Kumar has instituted an inquiry into the ‘raid leak’. Lokayukta police had conducted a raid on tribal welfare deputy commissioner Santosh Shukla, posted in Mandla district, on Saturday.
However, the official got a whiff of the raid and he along with his wife fled before the sleuths arrived. Fingers have been raised on Lokayukta police for allegedly giving a tip off to the officer, which helped him to escape. Kumar talking to Free Press said that an inquiry will be conducted into the ‘raid leak’ and action against the person responsible for disclosing the information would be taken.
The police officer said that they had received several complaints against deputy commissioner Shukla and had conducted simultaneous searches at three different locations. One team went to his government residence in Mandla, the second conducted searches at his house in his native village Paharia in Rewa district and a third team raided his house in Bhopal, informed Kumar.
But since Shukla got information about the raid beforehand, he fled from the house along with his wife, said Kumar, adding that he most probably took away with him jewellery, property papers and others documents. He also informed that before leaving the office and house, the deputy commissioner even deleted the CCTV camera footages and also took away the hard disks of the computers.
On Monday, police searched the bank accounts and found Rs 14.95 lakh deposited in three accounts. His three property papers have revealed the assets worth Rs 2 crores. During the searches, police also traced 4-5 property papers, the valuation of which is yet to be ascertained. The police have not yet able to trace the bank lockers and it is assumed that he might be hiding his property details and other valuables in the lockers. The police are taking out his ‘dial call details’ (CDR.
