Dhanbad, May 3 -- There has been a substantial increase in the wealth of MLA Dhulu Mahato and his wife Savitri Devi in the last five years.This has been shown in the affidavit filed by him as a Lok Sabha candidate on Tuesday.

According to the information given by the MLA in the affidavit, he has a total of movable and immovable assets worth Rs 3 crore 82 lakh 26 thousand 944, which includes land, vehicles, jewellery, bank deposits and fixed deposits, bonds and debentures, national savings certificates and others. This is approximately Rs 50 lakh more than the details given in the affidavit given in the 2019 MLA elections.

Whereas his wife Savitri Devi, as per the details given in the affidavit, is an employee of Bharat Coking Coal Limited...