Graft case against octroi officer, wife

Mumbai: The state Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) registered a case of corruption against an octroi inspector and his wife, following a two-year long open inquiry against him for amassing disproportionate assets. The ACB found that the accused public servant had accumulated assets worth Rs 60.20 lakh, which were 59.59% disproportionate to his income. The assets were found to be in the name of him and his wife.

The accused were identified as Gulkand Dalvi and his wife Madhuri, whose assets have been identified in the form of properties and fixed deposits by the ACB. The officials said that attachment of the assets would be the next step in the investigation.

“We assessed Dalvi’s income and his legitimate assets that were procured with the help of his income. The details of him getting any money from family in the form of deeds and gifts and other source were also looked into. Upon probing, we found that the he had amassed illegal assets,” said an ACB officer.

Dalvi’s wife is a housewife with no source of income, but maximum assets were found to be registered in her name. She was made an accused for accepting ill-gotten assets procured by her husband and also concealing the information.

The officials formed a list of his assets in Mumbai and his native Konkan. The inquiry was conducted following allegations of corruption against Dalvi. The statements of the accused have also been recorded by the ACB. The report of findings will also be submitted to the BMC for further action. A case has been registered against Dalvi and his wife under sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act along with section 109 (punishment of abetment if the act abetted is committed in consequence and where no express provision is made for its punishment) of the Indian Penal Code and the agency will now move for attaching the assets.