The Income Tax department is conducting raids at the premises of several top bureaucrats across Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. <br/><br/>Raids are on at over a dozen places in Lucknow, Meerut, Baghpat, Noida, Ghaziabad and also in Delhi. Official sources said, the raids are being conducted following complaints of corruption and disproportionate assets charges.<br/><br/>The searches were conducted at the residence and official premises of Hriday Shankar Tiwari, Director (Health); Additional CEO Greater NOIDA, Vimal Sharma; his wife Mamta Sharma, who is Road Transport Officer in Meerut; and Satyendra Kumar Singh, Special Secretary prison.

The Income Tax department is conducting raids at the premises of several top bureaucrats across Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. Raids are on at over a dozen places in Meerut, Baghpat, Noida, Ghaziabad and also in Delhi. <br/><br/>Official sources said, the raids are being conducted following complaints of corruption and disproportionate assets charges. The searches were conducted at the residence of former Ghaziabad District Magistrate Vimal Sharma, who currently is the additional CEO, Noida Authority.<br/><br/>Houses of Meerut range Road Transport Officer Mamta Sharma and former Baghpat DM Harinath Tewari, who now serves in the UP health department, have also been raided.