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Large amount of cash, iPhones, foreign watches found at clerk's house in raid

Large amount of cash, iPhones, foreign watches found at clerk's house in raid - Lokayukta police on Tuesday raided the residence of an assistant clerk, posted at the Neemuch district collector office, Madhya Pradesh, and unearthed assets worth over Rs 60 lakh and Rs 7 lakh cash - over 200 times disproportionate to his known sources of income.

Lokayukta Inspector Basant Shrivastava said the Lokayukta Police raided the house of Narendra Gangwal and recovered papers of land worth Rs 55 lakh, jewellery worth Rs 10 lakh, 20 foreign watches, 5 iPhones and details of a bank locker (documents), beside Rs 7 lakh cash that was hidden underneath a bed.

The officials conducted the raid at a time when Gangwal was planning to leave for Goa on a vacation. He had taken loan from various banks, amounting to Rs 10 lakh, Shrivastava said.

Two kgs silver and 250 gram gold ornaments were also recovered from Gangwal's bank locker. He owned a car as well.