Largest disproportionate property case: Chhattisgarh bureaucrat amassed 19 occasions her earnings, claims ACB

The Chhattisgarh Economic Offences Wing/Anti-corruption Bureau (EOW/ACB) formally charged Soumya Chaurasia, a former Deputy Secretary to the then Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, in a disproportionate property case, of amassing property and investments which have been almost 19 occasions her identified supply of earnings..

This is the most important [highest face value] case of disproportionate property within the historical past of the Bureau, based on officers.

Pegging the quantity round ₹50 crore, the company acknowledged in a press launch that in her 17-year profession, the State Administrative Service officer – who’s an accused in a number of alleged scams together with the coal levy and district mineral fund scams – made most funding of unlawful cash in properties between 2019 and 2022.

“According to the chargesheet, Ms. Chaurasia has been discovered to have made benami investments in roughly 45 immovable properties within the names of her household and different people. The Bureau’s investigation has confirmed that the civil servant made unlawful earnings of roughly ₹49,69,48,298 whereas in workplace.

The 8,000-page chargesheet filed within the Special Court (Corruption Investigation), Raipur added that in her time in service, the legit earnings of Ms. Chaurasia and her household was discovered to be roughly ₹2,51,89,175, whereas she was discovered to have invested unlawful earnings of roughly ₹50 crore in varied properties.

“Thus, Ms. Chaurasia has earned 1872.86 per cent extra unlawful earnings throughout her total service interval,” mentioned an company spokesperson.

The 2008-batch officer was first posted as Deputy Collector of Bilaspur district. Prior to this, she served as an Accounts Officer in 2005. In 2019, she was appointed Deputy Secretary within the Chief Minister’s Office.

Ms. Chaurasia, who’s at present on bail, faces costs below Sections 13(1)(b), 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018), based on the EOW/ACB.