Allegations of disproportionate assets (DA) by his wife have prompted Uttar Pradesh energy minister AK Sharma to order a probe against a Bulandshahr electricity sub-divisional officer (SDO), who was earlier embroiled in a marital dispute.
The allegations of disproportionate assets and extravagant expenditure have not been independently verified. The minister ordered the Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (PVVNL) on October 20 to conduct the probe following a complaint by the woman. The SDO’s wife had submitted a complaint to the energy minister and the UP governor on September 30, accusing her husband of amassing substantial wealth by misusing his official position.
It could also not be verified whether he used the said SUV to commute to work.
“The matter is being examined in detail. On September 24, an FIR was registered at Jahangirabad police station on her complaint against the SDO, his parents, sister and brother-in-law. He is a 2019-batch SDO with PVVNL.
The SDO is originally from Khairthal in Rajasthan’s Alwar district, according to department officials. An inquiry will be conducted into the allegations, and appropriate action will be taken based on its findings,” PVVNL managing director Ravish Gupta said.
