EOU raids on Patna SHO yield Rs 2.5 crore assets

PATNA: The Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of state police on Saturday raided four locations in Patna and Saran unearthed disproportionate assets (DA) worth at least Rs 2.5 crore amassed by Jakkanpur police station SHO Kamlesh Prasad Sharma. As per EOU sources, Rs 92.8 lakh was found deposited in bank accounts of Sharma and his wife. He joined police service as a sub-inspector in 1994 and is presently an inspector-rank officer.
The raids were conducted at Sharma’s office-cum-residence at Jakkanpur police station in the city, flat number 104 in Shreya Apartment, flat number 401 in Orchid Apartment (both at Ara garden road under Airport police station area) and at his paternal residence at Maker in Saran district.
Sharma has shown overall Rs31.37 lakh as deed value of the two flats at Ara Garden, but EOU sleuths estimate that both the properties have been shown undervalued and their market price is estimated to be above Rs1 crore. Sharma’s estimated earnings from all sources of income have been calculated at Rs1.88 crore and his expenditure comes around Rs1.57 crore.
EOU sources said passbooks and other documents showing 11 bank accounts in the name of Sharma and his wife were found. Sources said preliminary inquiry was initiated after receiving complaints about his disproportionate assets and income. A DA case was registered on Friday before the EOU got search warrants issued by the court against him.
EOU ADG Nayyar Hasnain Khan said it’s yet unknown how much money Sharma has deposited in the 11 bank accounts, which was revealed after the raids. “The bank accounts have been freezed on EOU’s request. Sharma has told the EOU about one bank locker, but we suspect more about which information would be gathered from the banks. All these will take Sharma’s DA much beyond Rs2.5 crore at present,” Khan said.
This is the eighth DA case of the EOU since August this year. Seven of the cases were related to action against illegal sand mining and its transportation in the state.