PANJIM: The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) has recommended an FIR against Opposition Leader Chandrakant (Babu) Kavalekar in a disproportionate assets preliminary inquiry which was initiated against him in 2012 after the BJP government came to power.
According to sources, the recommendation was sent to the de-facto head of Vigilance, the Chief Secretary in March 2017.
This was after concluded the preliminary inquiry and said an FIR needs to be registered for further investigation as without it the investigation will not move ahead.
The investigation was paused due to the sanction of a chartered account (CA) and pending copies of the English translations of Malayalam documents from Trivandrum. The government recently approved a CA to Vigilance Department and ACB has also received translations of the documents.
Public Works Department (PWD) that was evaluating Kavalekar’s residential bungalow at Betul plateau estimated it at Rs 1.38 crore.
According to ACB officials, Kavalekar may get a clean chit in the purchase of the huge property at Pathanamthitta-Kerala but in the course of investigation huge undeclared property has been revealed.
It is also learnt that ACB has sought details form Goa Lokayukta and Chief Electoral Officer of the Kavalekar’s declared assets.
However, sources confirmed that Kavalekar has not declared all his assets in the affidavit with the Election Commission.
