Fresh case against tainted govt official

Fresh case against tainted govt official

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Thanjavur:14.03.2021 

The directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption (DVAC), Thanjavur is working on registering a fresh case against tainted assistant director of town planning department in Thanjavur, R Nageswaran, 52, for amassing disproportionate assets worth several crores.

Deputy superintendent of police (DSP), DVAC, Thanjavur G Manikandan and his team searched the three lockers of Nageswaran at the Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) branches at Thiruverumbur and Thiruvanaikovil in Trichy on Friday.

The search unearthed unaccounted cash of ₹2.26 crore from the three lockers. “He has no accounts to prove the source of the cash. So, we have seized them. The process is on to register a fresh case against him,” Manikandan told TOI on Saturday.

DVAC also verified one of his savings accounts in the bank and found ₹1.12 crore deposited in it. “We have frozen the account,” he said. Nageswaran was arrested for accepting a bribe of ₹25,000 from a resident of Nanjikottai for granting permission for the construction of a commercial building on February 25. He was released on bail following which the police searched the lockers on Friday.