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Transport official’s assets grow by Rs 83 lakh in five years, DVAC probe on

P Jayasankar’s assets grew by Rs 83 lakh in five years.

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The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption has started a probe against a Regional Transport Officer, now serving in Pudukkottai, after a preliminary probe allegedly found that he was involved in corrupt activities to enrich himself between June 2015 and May 2020. P Jayasankar’s assets grew by Rs 83 lakh in five years. 

He allegedly acquired properties and pecuniary resources that are disproportionate to his known sources of income and the agency has slapped a corruption case against him. Jayasankar, a native of Thanjavur, was appointed as Motor Vehicle Inspector Grade-II in May 2006. Over the years, he has served in Cuddalore, Kumbakonam and Pudukkottai.

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