Dimapur, November 24 (MExN): After being rounded by the CBI for amassing disproportionate assets, former Deputy Commissioner of Dimapur Jyoti Kalash, IAS, has been booked by the agency. On UN deputation in Afghanistan, Kalash, a 1990-batch Nagaland cadre officer, has been booked by the CBI for possessing assets disproportionate to his known source of income. Charges against him are his amassing illegal wealth amounting to Rs 37 Lakh.
The probe agency filed a copy of the FIR against Jyoti Kalash, under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act in a special court here recently, reports said. The FIR alleged that Kalash acquired assets by corrupt and illegal means in his and family members’ names from the period since July 1990 till date. The officer acquired assets, including movable and immovable properties worth Rs 75.87 lakh while his expenditure, including education for his children, amounted to around Rs 32.05 lakh during the said period.
The report said his income from known sources amounted to around Rs 70.25 lakh. His disproportionate assets were, thus, calculated by the probe agency to be Rs 37.66 lakh. The investigating agency informed the court that the source of the ‘over-half’ of the officer’s assets is unknown. Jyoti Kalash entered into service on August 31, 1990. He was appointed Deputy Commissioner for Dimapur, on January 1, 1999 on deputation.
(with PTI inputs)
