India, Oct. 14 -- The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on Tuesday formally charged Chhattisgarh Administrative Service (CAS) officer Soumya Chaurasia of amassing assets disproportionate to her known sources of income under the Prevention of Corruption Act, the agency said on Tuesday.

In an 8,000-page charge sheet, EOW linked Chowrasia, a 2008-batch officer who was previously posted in the chief minister's office during the tenure of Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel, to 45 benami properties that it alleged were held by the civil servant in the name of her family members and other associates.

EOW filed the charge sheet before the Special Court (PC Act) in Raipur.

According to the charge sheet, Chaurasia allegedly made benami investments in abo...