A day after the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) caught Thane excise superintendent Manohar Anchule and excise inspector Ramesh Dhanshetty while accepting a bribe of Rs18 lakh from a subordinate, ACB officials raided their homes and recovered a bunch of documents related to properties, LIC and bank accounts, apart from seizing cash and gold, all with a combined worth of several crores.
A day after the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) caught Thane excise superintendent Manohar Anchule and excise inspector Ramesh Dhanshetty while accepting a bribe of Rs18 lakh from a subordinate, ACB officials raided their homes and recovered a bunch of documents related to properties, LIC and bank accounts, apart from seizing cash and gold, all with a combined worth of several crores.
What are the values of Dhanshetty's assets?
The officials, while conducting raids at Dhanshetty's house found the documents of a property in Hiranandani Meadows in Thane in his wife's name worth Rs71.6 lakh, a boarding and lodging facility in Ghodbunder Road in Thane which is rented out at Rs35000 a month, apart from LIC policies worth Rs 23.9 lakh.
An official said, "That apart, we have also recovered documents of 12 acres of farming land in his native place Usmanabad, apart from 90 grams of gold ornaments and bank passbooks which show a balance of Rs17.4 lakh." His wife is unemployed and both his children, aged 24 and 18, are students.
What did officials recover from Anchule's residence?
At Anchule's residence, the sleuths recovered documents of expensive flats in Thane, Pune, Navi and Andheri, all worth crores, in both his and wife's name, Rs 8.2 lakh in cash, 380 grams of gold, 300 grams of silver, documents of a petrol pump, bank pass books with a balance of Rs 14 lakh. His wife is unemployed and both his children are aged 12 and 8.
Why did ACB book the complainant?
The Thane ACB also registered a case against the complainant, an excise sub-inspector, under the Prevention of Corruption Act on January 22. Fearing that he would be denied a promotion as excise inspector, he approached Anchule and Dhanshetty for promotion and so that a departmental probe is not conducted against him. The accused duo demanded Rs 18 lakh in return for the favour. The sub-inspector complained to the ACB's Mumbai office after which the two accused were caught while accepting the bribe in the excise department's Koliwada office in Thane.
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