MEERUT, Oct. 24 -- Allegations of disproportionate assets (DA) by his wife have prompted Uttar Pradesh energy minister AK Sharma to order a probe against a Bulandshahr electricity sub-divisional officer (SDO), who was earlier embroiled in a marital dispute.

The minister ordered the Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (PVVNL) on October 20 to conduct the probe following a complaint by the woman.

The SDO's wife had submitted a complaint to the energy minister and the UP governor on September 30, accusing her husband of amassing substantial wealth by misusing his official position.

In her complaint, she alleged that her husband owned several plots and flats, drove a Thar Roxx with the VIP registration number 0007 and led an extravag...