Jabalpur: Lokayukta Raids Tax Officer Manish Kumar Jain in Three Districts, Detects Rs 3.78 Crore Assets, 264% Above Known Income

The Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta on Tuesday searched premises linked to Assistant Commissioner and Commercial Tax Officer Manish Kumar Jain, posted in Damoh, across Jabalpur, Sagar and Bhopal districts, and said assets and expenditure of Rs 3.78 crore (yaani about Rs 378 lakh) had been detected against his known income of Rs 1.03 crore. A case has been registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act; the findings are allegations at this stage and searches were continuing.

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Jabalpur, Oct 27: The Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta on Tuesday conducted simultaneous searches at premises linked to Manish Kumar Jain, an Assistant Commissioner and Commercial Tax Officer posted in Damoh, across Jabalpur, Sagar and Bhopal districts, detecting assets and expenditure worth Rs 3.78 crore — yaani about Rs 378 lakh — against his known income of Rs 1.03 crore, officials said. IANS reported the raids and the Rs 3.78 crore figure, and Nation Press reported the detailed property findings from the searches.

Source: IANS via hi INDiA

According to the Lokayukta, Superintendent of Police Anjulata Patle received a complaint alleging that Jain had accumulated assets far beyond his known sources of income. Inspector Brij Mohan Singh Narwaria verified the complaint and the allegations were found prima facie correct, after which a case was registered against Jain under Sections 13(1)(b) and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, as amended in 2018. Deputy Superintendent of Police Neetu Tripathi said the operation was underway in the three districts and noted that Jain had been posted in Jabalpur for a long time.

Source: Nation Press

Rs 3.78 croreAssets and expenditure detected

Rs 1.03 croreKnown income

264.64%Alleged disproportionate share

The preliminary findings list properties in the names of Jain and his family members in Jabalpur, Bhopal and Banda town in Sagar district. They include a 278.74-square-metre plot in Jabalpur valued at about Rs 1.43 crore, a 116.14-square-metre plot in the name of his wife Nidhi Jain estimated at Rs 95 lakh, and another plot in her name, on which a bungalow has been built, valued at about Rs 22.87 lakh. Searches also found a flat in Bhopal and properties in Banda registered in the names of his parents, Shashi Jain and Komal Chand Jain, and insurance policies involving an estimated expenditure of Rs 33.93 lakh, according to officials.

Source: Nation Press

The searches covered Jain's residence in Reliable Developer Colony in Jabalpur and other premises linked to him and his family. Officials said the searches and the investigation were continuing at the time of reporting and that further assets could be identified as the probe advances. The disproportionate-assets findings are allegations recorded by the Lokayukta at this stage and have not been proved in court.

Source: Nation Press

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