Rs 11 lakh old currency seized at former Manipur CM Ibobi's residences
New Delhi, November 22 (IANS): The CBI on Friday carried out searches at nine locations in Manipur, Meghalaya and Haryana, including the residence of former Chief Minister O. Ibobi Singh and said that it recovered cash to the tune of Rs 11.47 lakh and Rs 26.49 lakh in demonetised currency from his residence.
A CBI source said here that during the searches at two residential premises of Singh in Manipur, the CBI found Rs 11.47 lakh cash and approximately Rs 26.49 lakh in old demonetised currency.
He said the central probe agency also found some branded items and eight luxury cars at his residence. Earlier in the day, the former Manipur Chief Minister who was in Delhi, commented that he will cooperate with the agency. "I welcome it. If they think that I have committed something wrong only after investigation can it be proved," Ibobi Singh told IANS.
The CBI raid was in connection to its probe into the Rs 332 government development funds misappropriation case. Singh was the Chairman of the Manipur Development Society (MDS) from 2006 to 2017.
Besides, Singh, the CBI has booked Y. Ningthem Singh, former Project Director of MDS, D.S. Poonia, IAS (Retd), the then Chairman of MDS, P.C. Lawmuknga, IAS (Retd), the then Chairman of MDS, O. Nabakishore Singh, IAS (Retd), S. Ranjit Singh, Administrative Officer, MDS and others.
From the residence of Y. Ningthem Singh the agency recovered Rs 10 lakh in demonetised currency and documents of immovable property. At the residence of Pooniait it found the documents pertaining to five immovable properties and seven bank accounts.
From the residence of Lawmuknga, the CBI found Rs 4 lakh in cash and from the residence of O. Nabakishore Singh the agency found documents pertaining to a four-storeyed building of 7000 sq ft along with two houses, nine bank accounts and immovable properties.
The source said that from the residence of S. Ranjit Singh, the agency found documents for a double storeyed house in Aizawl and two acres of agricultural land near Imphal in the name of his wife.
