LUCKNOW, Jan. 31 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches at five locations in two districts of Uttar Pradesh and one in Haryana on Thursday after registering a case against a former sales officer of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Noida Division. The officer is accused of possessing disproportionate assets (DA), confirmed senior CBI officials in a press note shared with media on Thursday.

The press note stated that the DA case was registered against Mohit Kumar, who previously served as sales officer, senior sales officer, and assistant manager of IOCL, Noida Division. He is currently posted as manager (Terminal) at Panipat RCO (Reduced Crude Oil), Haryana.

The CBI officials stated that while serving as Sa...