CBI conducts raids at Chautala's properties

CHANDIGARH: The CBI on Thursday conducted raids at 24 places across 5 states and union territories against former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala for allegedly amassing property worth over Rs1400 crore.

The raids were carried out after the CBI registered a case against Chautala, his family members and other ‘unknown persons’ accusing them of amassing assets disproportionate to their  known sources of income during the period from July 1999 to March 2005, official sources said.

 The list of properties allegedly belonging to Chautala or his family members include three plots in Gurgaon Phase V worth Rs 150 crore, a hotel and a restaurant in upmarket Karol Bagh worth Rs 150 crore, a shopping mall in Karol Bagh worth Rs 180 crore, a plot on Ring Road worth Rs 120 crore and a plot again in Karol Bagh worth Rs 55 crore, the CBI’s FIR alleged. It lists the value of all the properties at Rs 1467 crore.

During the searches, the CBI also recovered arms licences for 17 weapons from a farm house in Mehrauli . Chautala and his son Ajay were at present in the United States. Ajay said they had no knowledge about the CBI searches.