HT Bureau
GUWAHATI, Jan 10: The CID has registered a disproportionate case against SI Utpal Bora, the then OC of Dhula PS and his wife.
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The case (No. 1/2023 U/s 120B r/w 109 IPC and sec 13(2) r/w 13(1)(b)) has been registered under Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018).
During investigation of the bribery case, it came to light that Utpal Bora had purchased a luxurious SUV MG Gloster vehicle at a cost of Rs 33.93 lakh in Dec, 2020 in his name. Further, Bora also purchased a housing plot of 3 kathas at Paschim Boragaon, Guwahati at a cost of Rs 48 lakh in the name of his wife in March, 2022, an official statement said.
Further, he also booked an apartment with 2,950 sq ft of build up area in Sept, 2020 at a total cost of Rs 45 lakh which is now under construction and as per the payment conditions in the agreement, 95 percent of the cost appears to have been paid to the builder so far. Further there are cash balances in his SB accounts to the tune of Rs 5.23 lakh at ICICI Bank, Barpeta branch and Rs 17.5 lakh at SBI, New Guwahati branch.
During the check period his known sources of income were only Rs 13.3 lakh and he had incurred an expenditure of Rs 6.74 lakh towards household expenditure, registration fee and stamp duty and road tax for the luxury vehicle.
As such he is in possession of disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs 1.26 crore which is more than 947% of his known sources of income, the statement added.
The CID had filed another case pertaining to murder of a minor.
