The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today carried out searches at the premises of senior IAS officer and former Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Jairaj Phatak in Mumbai, Delhi and Pune in connection with the Adarsh Housing Scam. The agency had registered an FIR in the scam on January 29. Mr. Phatak, a former commissioner of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, was named in the list of people involved in the scam. The CBI in its FIR said that he, during his tenure as BMC commissioner, had approved the height of the building to be increased from 97 meters to 107 meters on September one, 2007. He was the head of the committee looking after high rise buildings in the mega polis and the agency alleged that he had not referred the height increase to other committee members. Mr. Phatak’s son Kanishka is among the 103 members who owned an apartment in Adarsh Society in Mumbai’s up market Colaba area. Apart from Mr. Pathak, the FIR includes former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, retired army officials and bureaucrats, all of who have been charged with conspiracy and misuse of official powers.