LUCKNOW, Feb. 28 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches at five premises across Uttar Pradesh on Friday in connection with a disproportionate assets (DA) case against Amit Singh, former chief general manager of the Ordnance Equipment Factory (OEF), Firozabad. The case was registered by the agency's Ghaziabad unit on February 26, officials said in a press note on Saturday.

Searches were carried out in Agra, Lucknow, Bareilly and Kanpur after the agency obtained warrants from a competent court. Singh, a 1998-batch officer of the Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS), allegedly amassed assets beyond his known sources of income during the check period from April 1, 2022, to December 31, 2025.

During the raids, in...