Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a disproportionate assets case (DPA) against a former accounts officer of an employee provident fund organisation (EPFO) after a probe by the agency revealed that the accused public servant had amassed assets, which are disproportionate to the tune of Rs 39.69 lakh to his known source of income.
The officials had received a written complaint on February 16, 2024 from the vigilance department against the then accounts officer, EPFO Regional Office, Akurdi, Pune. “It is alleged in the complaint that during an internal investigation being conducted against the accused officer, certain suspicious transactions were found in the bank account of his wife. The justification given by the officer in respect of the sources through which the funds were received in his wife’s account seemed to be suspicious,” said a CBI official.
A probe found that between January 2014 and December 2021, the officer acquired assets in his and his wife’s name, exceeding their known income sources. The accused, now posted at EPFO’s regional office in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, faces charges under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Earlier in August, the officer was investigated for allegedly attempting to bribe the investigating officer of the zonal vigilance directorate, west zone, Mumbai, by planting Rs 1 lakh in a sweet box to secure a favourable outcome in an internal investigation.
