Raipur: A raid in the house of an engineer at his place of posting in district headquarters town of Korba in Chhattisgarh by anti-graft sleuths on Saturday led to recovery of Rs 40 lakh stashed in a pillow cover in his backyard, police said.
The anti-corruption bureau (ACB) of Chhattisgarh police conducted raids in the house of executive engineer in-charge of Prime Minister’s Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in Korba district S.N.Pathak and reportedly recovered properties disproportionate to his known sources of income, a member of the raid party said.
Interestingly, the raid party recovered a pillow cover stashed with Rs 40 lakh abandoned in the backyard of the house. “It appears someone had hurriedly thrown the money bag on spotting us,” police said.
The anti-graft sleuths have so far recovered documents establishing possession of immovable assets including three houses, a hotel and cash over Rs two lakh.
