Bhopal Lokayukta raids: Kilo gold, luxury car convoy… ‘Billionaire’ found in Junior Auditor Lokayukta raid Trending Global News

Bhopal: The Lokayukta Police raided the house of Education Department Junior Auditor Ramesh Hingorani on Wednesday. Hingorani was accused of having disproportionate assets. Property worth crores has been revealed in the raid. According to the Lokayukta, only jewelery worth Rs 70 lakh was found from his house. Apart from this, many luxury cars have been found which are worth millions. A large amount of cash was also found which necessitated ordering a machine for counting. At the same time, Hingorani is also accused of grabbing government land.

Raids at six locations

The Lokayukta Police raided six places including the house of Ramesh Hingorani in Beiragarh at 5 am on Wednesday. Lokayukta SP Dargesh Rathore said that a case was registered after receiving a complaint of disproportionate assets and then the action was taken.

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During the raid, 4 luxury cars like Creta and Scorpio were recovered from Hingorani. More than 1 kg of gold, diamond jewelery and cash were also found. There was so much cash that a machine had to be ordered to count it.

Apart from Hingorani’s house, the Lokayukta also raided a higher secondary school, Kiran Prerna School and a wedding garden in Gandhinagar. The investigation so far has revealed assets worth crores. The Lokayukta has not disclosed the total assets as the proceedings are still ongoing.

Allegation of encroachment on government land

Ramesh Hingorani, his sons Yogesh and Nilesh are also accused of grabbing and selling government land worth crores of rupees in Bhopal’s Gandhinagar area. Two years ago, the administration demolished a marriage garden in Hingorani. Officials said it was built on government land. Five two-wheelers were also found from Hingorani’s bungalow.

They also run schools.

Along with this, Ramesh Hingorani and his sons run three schools of the social organization ‘Lakshmi Devi Vikyumal Sarafa Education Society’. The complaint received by the Lokayukta also stated that Ramesh had appointed his two sons as directors of the committee’s schools without any qualification. According to government rules, government employees cannot hold any position of profit elsewhere. Yet Ramesh had appointed his sons and daughters-in-law as school administrators without any qualifications and was paying them huge salaries.

Ramesh Hingorani is a junior officer.

It is noteworthy that the accused is posted as a Junior Auditor in the Technical Education Department. The Lokayukta has received information that the Hingorani family also has investments in real estate. Along with this, a case of rape of a minor school child has been registered against one of his sons.