Sources privy to the ongoing probe into the MUV with gold and cash matter, added that the quizzing of Sharma’s key aide Gaur, which continued for the second day on Sunday, has led to some documentary evidence, which suggests that even a year after having taken VRS as transport department constable, Sharma wielded clout in the department.Probe until now, particularly based on Gaur’s grilling and documentary evidence have led the IT department to unaccounted annual transactions worth around Rs 100 crores, involving some key officials of the department.Meanwhile, the IT department searches at four dozen plus locations of some prominent builders, have led the sleuths to several dozen Benami properties spread across MP. Documents pertaining to the majority of those suspected Benami properties have been seized during the raids from one of the builders, who is believed to have key political and bureaucratic connections.In a related development on Sunday, the opposition Congress alleged that those whose premises have been searched, including the prominent builders and the ex-transport department constable-turned-real estate businessman, are “small fries.” Action needs to be initiated against the big names behind these small fries.“If a constable is possessing such huge unaccounted wealth, then imagine what would be the volume of unaccounted wealth of higher ups. The matter should be investigated from the level of a constable to CM,” former MP CM and Rajya Sabha member Digvijaya Singh said in Rajgarh on Sunday.The deputy leader of opposition in the Vidhan Sabha, Hemant Katare too spoke on similar lines. “People like Rajesh Sharma and Saurabh Sharma are small fries. The properties held by the small fries could actually be the result of unaccounted investments made by the big guns. Probe is needed to expose those who are behind them. I’ll write to the Prime Minister’s Office seeking a high-level judicial probe into the entire series of episodes. I’ll also share with the enforcement agencies, including ED, Income Tax and CBI, the documents which contain information of a bureaucratic biggie being behind the small fries.”
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