Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) investigators on Tuesday arrested an IAS officer for possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income here. At about 5.30 am, ACB investigators began simultaneous searches on the offices and Banjara Hills residence of Ranga Reddy district joint collector M Jagan Mohan. The searches resulted in unearthing of alleged disproportionate assets worth over Rs 10 crore registered in the name of the joint collector and his family members. His wife, Aruna Kumari, is an RDO rank officer with Chief Commissioner of Land Administration (CCLA), Hyderabad. During the searches,the officer and his family members were present at their official residence at IAS officers quarters, Banjara Hills. ACB investigators found that the joint collector had two houses in New Nallakunta, Amberpet, worth Rs 1.3 crore ,six flats in Himayath Nagar, Shaikpet, Visakhapatnam, all worth Rs 1.07 crores, eight plots in Kondapur,Himayathnagar, Gopanpally, worth about Rs 1.4 crores, Rs 15 lakhs cash, three kgs of gold ornaments worth about Rs 30 lakhs, Rs 12 lakhs bank balance, Rs 15 lakhs investments in LIC, NSS, Kisan Vikas Patra, an Opel Corsa car worth Rs seven lakhs and household articles worth Rs four lakhs.
According to an official release, the documentary value of the movable and immovable assets possessed by the conferred IAS officer is about Rs 4.6 crores, but market value could be more over Rs 10 crores.
ACB is yet to open bank lockers belonging to the officer. A DA case has been registered against the joint collector. He was arrested and would be produced before the principal special judge for SPE & ACB Cases, Hyderabad. According to sources, Jagan Mohan has been working closely with several politicians including an advisor to the former state government. Jagan Mohans predecessor, Sheshadri became a hurdle for land mafia and industrialists. Sheshadri made several industrialists, Tollywood producers and politicians vacate thousands of acres of land occupied by them in Ranga Reddy district including 127 acres of land in survey numbers 36, 124, 262 of Gopanpally, five acres of land in survey number 57 of Kondapur and hundreds of acres in Miyapur, Hyderanagar and Hafeezpet areas. According to sources, in such a situation, much to the delight of the land grabbers, a minister brought Jagan Mohan, who was working as joint collector in Vizianagaram district to Ranga Reddy in place of Sheshadri.
During his tenure,Jagan Mohan issued No Objection Certificates (NOC) to claimants of occupied lands and his wife, who is a deputy collector in CCLA, used to apply urban land ceiling act to those lands and turn illegal into legal, an ACB officer said. The raid comes days after CM K Rosaiahs snub on ACB being soft on complaints against All India Service officials. During a recent meeting with ACB DG K Aravind Rao, CM K Rosaiah reportedly expressed dissatisfaction over ACBs slow investigation of 22 cases against top government officials, including 15 IAS, IPS and IFS officers in the state.
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