IRS officer answerable for opium factories held with Rs 16.3 lakh

The Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested an officer of the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) on costs of possessing disproportionate property, after round Rs 16.3 lakh in money was recovered from his automobile throughout a shock examine in Kota district on Saturday.
Senior ACB officers stated the arrested individual has been recognized as Shashank Yadav, a 2010 batch IRS officer, who’s at the moment posted as General Manager, Government Opium & Alkaloid Works in Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh.
The officer additionally holds further cost of Government Opium & Alkaloid Works in Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh.
“Yadav was nabbed during a surprise check of his car by the Kota ACB team on Saturday. It was found during checking that he was travelling with Rs 15 lakh cash packed in boxes of sweets. Another Rs 1.3 lakh was found in his purse,” ACB DG B L Soni stated.
Yadav was travelling in a automobile that had ‘Police’ written on it, Soni added.
According to Soni, the ACB had obtained info by means of sources that officers and workers of the narcotics division of the Government of India posted in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh have been taking bribes and commissions from opium farmers by means of middlemen in trade for serving to the farmers get larger plots from the federal government for opium farming.

“In our investigation we found that the accused was involved in taking bribes in exchange for giving opium farmers permission to cultivate larger areas. We have arrested him after disproportionate assets were found in his possession during the surprise check,” Soni informed The Indian Express.
A case has been registered in opposition to Yadav underneath the Prevention of Corruption Act, Soni stated.

The DG stated the ACB had obtained info that bribes and commissions to the tune of Rs 80,000 was being taken from every farmer.
“Yadav could not give any satisfactory answer about the large amount of cash recovered from him during our search operation. We are questioning him to know more about the alleged bribery racket, regarding which we have inputs,” Thakur Chandrasheel Kumar, Additional SP, ACB Kota, stated.