Simultaneous raids were carried on Monday by Lakayukta police on residences in Indore, Rewa and Satna towns of a head constable named Arun Singh to find properties worth crores of rupees, including six plots, five plush houses, three cars and one SUV. More over this bank locker had a revolver, cartridges, ornaments made up of gold weighed 132gm, silver weighed 2kg.

Arun Singh is accused of gathering huge wealth that is not in lines with his income. He was posted in regional transport office in Jabalpur. Raids followed a complaint against him.

As search operations began, policed got into three-storied house of Singh in Annapurna locality of Indore. They recovered papers related to incriminating property documents, two 6000 sq ft plots in Talawalichanda area. Along with a farmhouse on Mhow Road, a plot was on the name of his wife, while two flats were on his son’s name. A house in Rewa was found in his name at Boghbal besides two plots in Anantpuri and one in Narendra Nagar.

The police found house in Nibuha, 30-acre land, along with documents pertaining to land located in Hardikhurd. Still evaluations of the ornaments seized from different places are being evaluated.

Singh was transferred three months back to Jabalpur. Since then he has not reported to work, and hence a complaint on his absence was lodged by RTO officials. Earlier, Singh was posted at Sendhwa border barrier and he faced many complaints regarding corruption during the tenure.

An estimated salary of Singh was nearly Rs 50 lakh in his 32 years of service, while his assets are found in corers.

-Sumana