Lokayukta Teams Search 15 Locations Linked to Indore Head Constable Driver

Lokayukta teams from Indore and Ujjain carried out search operations at the residence and other locations linked to Firoz Khan, a Head Constable Driver posted at the Police Training College, Indore. The searches were conducted on 14.10.2026 from 06.00 am at his residence in Dewas, located at House 12B, Adarsh Nagar, Dewas, and at 14 other locations.

The operation was carried out under the direction of Vypustha Lokayukta Director General Yogesh Deshmukh. Deputy Inspector General of Police, Lokayukta, Manoj Kumar Singh, and Superintendent of Police, Vypustha Lokayukta Indore, Rajesh Sahay, provided guidance for the action.

The locations covered in the search operation include House Number 12-B in Adarsh Nagar, Dewas. This is described as the residence of the accused and as a house constructed on Plot Number 12, located inside Adarsh Nagar Colony in Dewas Senior Ward Number 30.

The second location was House Number 379/6 in Mahesh Yadav Nagar, near Dinesh Kirana, Banganga, Indore. This is the residence of co-accused Roshni Verma.

The teams also searched Flat Numbers 102 and 202 in Manorama Apartment, Scheme Number 94, Plot Number ED-62, Ring Road, Indore. The flats were allegedly purchased by the accused in the name of his mother, Wahiida Khan.

Another location was Flat Number 505 in Shridevi Apartment, situated on Plot Number 249 in Srinagar Colony Main, Indore.

The search also covered agricultural land in Village Gajipura, Patwari Halka Number 14, Tehsil Bagli, District Dewas. The land is recorded under Survey Numbers 142 and 82.

The residence of the accused’s driver, Nafis Khan, located in Radhaganj, Dewas, was also included in the operation.

A plot located inside Pushpakunj Colony in Village Abadi Itawa was searched. The plot is recorded as Plot Number 04.

The Lokayukta teams also covered a plot situated on land recorded under Survey Number 26/1 in Pushpakunj Colony in Dewas Ward Number 07. Another plot in the same Pushpakunj Colony and the same ward, located on land recorded under Survey Number 26/1/Min-1 Paiki, was also included.

The search extended to HIG Junior Building Number 34 in Vijay Nagar Colony, developed by the Dewas Development Authority.

Plots numbered 28 and 29 in Dewas Senior Indira Gandhi Nagar Colony were also covered by the operation.

In Village Guran, Tehsil Sanwer, the teams searched land measuring 10.2 bighas and 11.77 bighas. The land is recorded under Survey Numbers 403, 776, 781 and 788, as well as Survey Numbers 129/1, 129/2, 144, 145, 153/2/2, 154/2 and 155/2.

A commercial plot situated near the bypass in Village Jetpura, Patwari Halka Number 17, Tehsil and District Dewas, was also searched.

Agricultural land located in Patwari Halka Number 17 of Village Jetpura, Tehsil and District Dewas, on the inner side of the road from the bypass to Jetpura, was included in the search.

The fifteenth listed location was agricultural land in Village Gaddu Khedi, Patwari Halka Number 50, Tehsil and District Dewas.

The action followed a complaint submitted by the applicant to Rajesh Sahay, Superintendent of Police, Vypustha, Lokayukta Indore Division, Indore. The complaint alleged that “Head Constable Driver Firoz Khan, Police Training College, Indore, is continuously absent and, by showing the influence of being posted in the police department, interferes in disputed land, plots and property-related matters in the Dewas area and is involved, through other persons, in activities related to transactions of disputed land and plots. He has purchased various properties in the names of his wife, mother and another woman, Ms Roshni Verma, during the past some time, and also has many vehicles. He also carries out the business of wood and has acquired several disproportionate assets through illegal means. The accused is carrying out construction of a new residence near his residence in Adarsh Nagar.”

The complaint was investigated through Deputy Superintendent of Police Sunil Talan. According to the investigation, several properties linked to the accused came to light.

The investigation estimated the income received by the accused from his salary at 75,00,000/- rupees. After including other income, his total income was assessed at 1,93,84,440/- rupees.

The investigation so far found that the accused was in possession of approximately 6,26,67,879/- rupees in disproportionate assets. This was assessed as 223 percent disproportionate to his income.

The complaint also referred to a land dispute between the applicant’s son and his father in Village Guran, Tehsil Sanwer. According to the material cited in the complaint, Firoz Khan took advantage of this dispute and got a registered agreement executed for approximately 21.75 bighas of agricultural land from the applicant’s father in the name of his acquaintance, Ms Roshni Verma.

The investigation found that the agreement for the indirect purchase of this land was, in effect, made by accused Firoz Khan himself.

A firm named Sahil Trading Company was also found in the names of the accused’s mother and wife. Transactions involving amounts running into crores of rupees were found in the company’s account.

It was also found prima facie that Ms Roshni Verma was operating a firm named Roshni Sales and Service. Since she was found to have a role in the purchase of land along with the accused, she was also made an accused.

The investigation also found prima facie that accused Firoz Khan had made investments in real estate through a firm named Royal Green Real Estate.

For the searches at the residence and other locations of the accused, eight officers of Vypustha, Lokayukta, from Indore and Ujjain were deployed along with force. The search operation was being conducted at four locations in Indore and 11 locations in Dewas.

The Dewas search team included Deputy Superintendent of Police Sunil Talan, Deputy Superintendent of Police Deepak Sejwar, Inspector Sachin Pateria, Inspector Rajendra Verma and Inspector Pratibha Tomar.

The Indore search team included Deputy Superintendent of Police Anand Chauhan, Deputy Superintendent of Police Dineshchandra Patel and Inspector Ashutosh Mithas.

Assistant Sub-Inspector Md. Rahim Khan was also part of the searches in Dewas, Indore and other locations. The Head Constables involved were Vijay Kumar, Digambar Pal, Ranjit Dwivedi, Ashish Gurjar, Ashish Shukla, Pramod Yadav and Vivek Mishra.

Assistant Grade-2 employee Ravi Kumar was also included in the search teams. The constables involved were Rameshwar Ningwal, Rakesh Mishra, Pawan Patoria, Shivprakash Parashar, Kamlesh Parihar, Chetan Singh Parihar, Anil Parmar, Ashish Naidu, Aditya Bhadoria, Ashish Arya, Satish Yadav and Krishna Ahirwar.

The drivers involved in the operation were Kamlesh Tiwari and Shersingh Thakur. Computer Operator Prabhat More and Manisha Sisodia were also included in the teams conducting the searches.