A team of anti-corruption bureau (ACB) officials from Meerut arrested a retired police inspector from his residence here in connection with a disproportionate assets case, police said.
Superintendent of Police (city) Shlok Kumar said a team headed by Inspector Yatendra Sharma arrived here and sought the help of local police to arrest retired inspector Puran Singh Mehra.
He said Mehra was wanted in a case of disproportionate assets registered against him on the instructions of undersecretary (Home).
He will be produced before special Judge of ACB for seeking a 14-day remand, police said.
Mehra was booked on the basis of a complaint by Naresh Yadav, a resident of Noida, on June 21, 2009.
The complainant alleged that Mehra amassed wealth more than his income when he was posted in Meerut.
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It was also mentioned in FIR, which was lodged on 1st January 2011, that Mehra made assets in the name of his wife too.
Mehra was recruited as a sub-inspector on June 1, 1981 and was in-charge of various police stations in Ghaziabad district during his service.