CBI registers DA case against EPFO official

CBI has registered a case of allegedly amassing disproportionate assets worth Rs 6.40 crore against an IRS officer posted as Chief Accounts Officer at Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation and his wife.

CBI sources said a case has been registered against 1991-batch IRS officer Sanjay Kumar–a Commissioner ranked officer–and his wife besides two firms owned by her.

They claimed searches have been carried out at seven locations in three cities–three each in Delhi and Mumbai and one in Patna.

It is alleged Kumar, Financial Advisor and Chief Administrative Officer at EPFO here and his wife have amassed Rs 6.40 crore worth of disproportionate assets during 2006-15, the sources claimed.