Vigilance dept raids retired cop's houses, finds assets worth crores
LUCKNOW, Nov. 2 -- The vigilance department raided multiple locations in Saharanpur, including the houses and farmhouses of retired UP police inspector Premvir Singh Rana, on Saturday, officials said through a release on Saturday.
They said the raids were part of an investigation into allegations of disproportionate assets.
The officials said Rana, who served as inspector in various districts of western Uttar Pradesh, including Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Meerut, and Noida, is accused of accumulating assets worth crores through illegal means.
They confirmed that assets worth over Rs 30 crore had been found during the searches carried out at three residences, a farmhouse as well as a cow shelter maintained by the inspector's family, which are far exceeding his known sources of income. They said the inspector's family has three houses B80, B27 and B8 in Brijesh Nagar colony whose present cost was evaluated as approximate Rs 1.20 crore, Rs 1.50 crore and Rs 80 lakh respectively.
"Similarly, the farmhouse and cow shelter cost was evaluated around Rs 10.50 crore and construction at the farm house was evaluated around Rs 70 lakh as well as 23 agricultural and residential plots worth Rs 14.38 crore. Besides, the furniture and household items were worth Rs 7,89, 500 and jewellery worth Rs 20.59 lakh," the officials said.
Vigilance teams discovered 12 bank accounts and multiple life insurance policies from the houses during the searches. Moreover, the inspector has earnings from four tenants found living at B8 house in Brijesh Nagar as well as the vehicles including two luxury cars, a SUV, a sedan, and a motorcycle were also found at the searched locations, they added.
Another vigilance official said that a case was registered against Rana under the Prevention of Corruption Act on September 22, 2025, after a complaint was filed by a resident of Rana's village, Nirpura in Baghpat. He said the complaint alleged that Rana had amassed wealth worth several crores, which was disproportionate to his known sources of income....
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