Mumbai: Police will soon rope in a chartered accountant to help them in probing the disproportionate assets case against Congress leader Kripashankar Singh even as teams were dispatched to attach his properties outside Mumbai.
In a related development, Singh's son-in-law Vijay Singh is alleged to have submitted forged domicile certificate to enable transfer of a flat in his name from his beleaguered father-in-law, who obtained it through chief minister's quota in suburban Powai a few years ago.
This was revealed by a source privy to investigation. The flat was subsequently sold by Vijay, he said.
Sanjay Tiwari, the city activist whose PIL in Bombay High Court led to the FIR against the former Mumbai Congress chief, has also alleged "Vijay Singh, who was a government employee in UP, had done this crime (forging documents to get domicile certificate) in connivance with his father-in-law."
According to police sources, the government has sanctioned hiring of a CA to help in the probe, which will require investigators to sift through bulky property transaction documents and bank accounts.
"We have a mammoth task of going through each and every document very carefully. A financial expert is the best person to help us in this job. We usually hire CAs in complicated cases. So we will hire a CA in this case," a source said.
Police teams were sent to carry out attachment process of remaining properties of the former minister in Panvel in adjoining Raigad district, Ratnagiri in Konkan and Uttar Pradesh, his home state, the sources added.
On Friday, 12 properties of former Mumbai Congress chief and his family were attached in the metropolis, three days after police booked him, his five family members and others on charges of cheating, forgery and corruption.
The sources said they had been seeking the bank account details of Singh and his family members to scrutinise the cash inflow and outflow. However, the accounts will not be frozen as of now.
"At this movement we cannot say whether transactions related to his bank accounts are legal or illegal. We will have to study them," they added.
Police are also looking if Singh and his family members had any demat accounts and invested in shares.
Police said they do not find it necessary to record the statements of Singh or his family members at this stage or carry out arrests. "We are now concentrating on studying (property-related) documents and have not given thought to arresting anybody as this point of time."
Meanwhile, Vijay Singh, a native of Uttar Pradesh who is married to Singh's daughter Sunita, obtained domicile certificate through fraudulent means to become eligible for transfer of the Government-allotted flat in upscale Powai in his name, the source said.
The domicile certificate is usually given to those who have stayed in Maharashtra for at least 15 years. This certificate is necessary for purchasing Government-allotted flats in the state.
Vijay is also one of the accused in the DA case involving Singh, the Congress MLA from Santa Cruz area in Mumbai, the sources added.
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