AHMEDABAD: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Saturday booked a retired class II officer, Laxmikant Parulkar, former assistant director in Dahod of Gujarat State Land Development Board in a case of disproportionate assets.
Director ACB Keshav Kumar said that they are searching for the accused. ACB sources said that in the inquiry it was found that Parulkar during his service had a legitimate income of Rs 1.93 crore while against it his expenses and investments were Rs 2.95 crore, which is 57.72 % per cent more than his legitimate income.
“The accused has used this money to purchase property in his and his relatives’ names,” said an ACB source. The corruption came to light during investigations of different projects like Khet Talavdi, Sim Talavdi and making of water tanks. “In this scandal, ACB has till now booked 20 persons including two class I, six class II and 12 class III officers, and unearthed disproportionate assets worth Rs 26.64 crore,” added an ACB officer.