CBI took big action. file photo
Ravi Atwal, Chandigarh. CBI has registered a case of disproportionate assets against ED Assistant Director Vishaldeep and his brother Vikasdeep, who are involved in the Rs 2.5 crore case. The CBI had started preliminary investigation against the two on August 21 and obtained complete records of their income and expenses from March 1, 2024 to March 31, 2024. During this, it was revealed that both of them together created 231.48 percent more wealth than their income in these nine months. After which now a case has been registered against both of them.
Last year, the accused in the much talked about scholarship scam of Himachal Pradesh had given a complaint to the CBI. He said that Assistant Director Vishaldeep posted in ED Shimla was demanding bribe worth crores of rupees from him by threatening him with arrest. On his complaint, CBI had laid a trap to catch Vishaldeep.
This trap was set on 25 December 2024 in Panchkula and Zirakpur, where Vishaldeep was not caught, but CBI had arrested his brother Vikasdeep. Vikasdeep was a senior manager in Punjab National Bank, New Delhi. A few days later, Vishaldeep was arrested by Panchkula police on charges of threatening the complainants. After which CBI also took him into custody. Then CBI also started investigation against both the brothers for disproportionate assets.
This is how disproportionate assets are created
CBI obtained his records from March 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024. As of March 1, 2024, Vishaldeep and Vikasdeep had assets worth Rs 9.20 lakh. Till that day, Vishaldeep had only Rs 64150 in his bank account whereas Vikasdeep had Rs 501429 in his account. Then by March 31, the wealth of both increased by Rs 9.20 lakh to Rs 44.44 lakh.
During this period, they earned Rs 40.28 lakh, in which Vishaldeep's salary was Rs 10.67 lakh and Vikasdeep's salary was Rs 12.88 lakh. Apart from this, he had also sold a property. Then when CBI found out the details of their expenses in the last nine months, it came to Rs 98.29 lakh. That means he earned Rs 40.28 lakh from salary and other sources and spent Rs 98.29 lakh. In such a situation, their assets turned out to be 231.48 percent more than their income.
Bought cars, paid off loans and spent on hotels
The case started a year ago
Name came up in bribery case
ED Assistant Director Vishaldeep was investigating the scholarship scam of Himachal Pradesh. He was then posted in Shimla. It is alleged that he demanded a bribe of Rs 2.5 crore from the scam accused Rajneesh Bansal and Bhupendra Sharma by threatening them with arrest. Both of them complained about this to CBI. Both of them were called to Zirakpur and Panchkula with the bribe amount.
CBI team also reached there. Here Vishaldeep escaped, but Vikasdeep was caught. During the investigation, CBI came to know that the mastermind of this entire game was CBI's DSP Balbir Sharma. He was demanding 10 percent commission from the bribe amount. In such a situation, CBI had also arrested DSP Balbir. Vishaldeep and Balbir remained in jail for several months and then both got bail from the Supreme Court.