Vadodara: A land acquisition officer of Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) was booked on Monday for owning disproportionate assets worth Rs 69.9 lakh.
Anti-corruption bureau (ACB) lodged the offence against Mahesh Parnami after forensic investigation of his bank accounts and other transactions. ACB officials said that they had received a complaint stating that Parnami had purchased properties for himself and his family members using money earned from corrupt practices following which they had initiated an investigation.
During the probe, ACB sleuths found out that Parnami had earned an income of Rs 90.9 lakh during his tenure in the civic body. However, during the same period he spent and made investments of Rs 1.6 crore. Between April 2009 and March 2019, an amount of Rs 30.2 lakh was deposited in his bank accounts and paid Rs 19 lakh cash for his household expenses and purchasing properties. During the same time, he also withdrew Rs 21.9 lakh from his bank account.
“We have registered the case and the investigation is still on. We will know about his illegal sources of income after he is arrested,” said an ACB official.
Parnami’s is the 30th case of disproportionate assets registered by ACB this year. ACB sleuths have unearthed disproportionate assets amounting to Rs 41.2 crores in all these cases.