Orders were issued at 7.35pm on Thursday during hearing of Lokayukta's charges against IAS couple and 18 others.
Lokayukta's special police establishment (SPE) had submitted chargesheet against them on February 22.
Investigations revealed Joshi couple owned properties exceeding 3151% of their known sources of income. They were charged under 13 (1(e) and 13 (2) of Prevention of Corruption Act.
Besides the couple, 16 others, including Arvind's father HM Joshi, mother Namrata Joshi, sisters Abha and Vibha, associates SP Kohli, his wife and son, Pawan Agrawal, Sridev Sharma, Delhi-based stamp vendor Raj Rani, insurance agent Seema Jaiswal, Bharti Varshaney and property broker Pradeep Jain were charged under Section 109 (instigation) and Section 120 (conspiracy) of the IPC.
Arvind and Tinoo Joshi, both 1979 batch IAS officers of state cadre, hit the headlines after income tax department raided their official residence in Bhopal in February 2010, unearthing disproportionate assets valued at Rs 360 crore. Following raids, the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government had suspended the IAS couple and ordered an inquiry by former chief secretary Nirmala Buch.
In the income tax appraisal and final assessment report, the names of Arvind Joshi's two sisters - Abha Ghani and Vibha Patel - settled in the US and UK also figured. Of the properties revealed during raid included 402 acres of agricultural land valued at several hundred crores in Bhopal, Sehore, Raisen, Balaghat and Kanha. All this land was in name of his sisters Abha and Vibha. Arvind Joshi claimed before investigating agencies that his sisters had given him their power of attorney and he used it to purchase land on their behalf.
In October 2013, special court had dropped the name of Arvind's brother Rajeev Joshi from the list of respondents finding no merit in charges against him. Rajeev is an army officer and he has proved that the goods in his name recovered during search at Joshi couple's residence were bought by him through his earnings.
In January 2013, Enforcement Directorate (ED) had registered a complaint under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against Joshi couple under FEMA because it is illegal for NRIs to own agricultural land. The matter is under investigation.
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Sridev Sharma is not a Guwahati builder but a Delhi builder. He runs his business and also lives at L1/7 Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi. He also writes his name as Shridev Sharma. I am a witness to show a link between Shridev Sharma and Arvind Joshi as he has laundered my money to Arvind Joshi after making an investment in his Guwahati project. I have lost my money between the two of them. Government of India is all for the criminals and if the investigation is done properly, what lokayukt has found is a tip of the iceberg. Allegedly, Shridev Sharma or Sridev Sharma has been laundering Joshi money and money from other corrupt officers to Kosovo, and USA. I have filed an FIR in Noida for that but Shridev Sharma or Sridev Sharma is so powerful that he approached UP DGP Karamvir Singh on 25 August 2011 (2 months after my FIR) who helped him to make my FIR redundant. Sridev Sharma has filed numerous defamation cases on me, and the news channels who gave my news including NDTV. The judges are refusing to listen to me. It is a shame that in our country, the criminals are saved and respected and victims are made to suffer.
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