Lucknow, Oct 3 The Uttar Pradesh vigilance department Saturday evening raided a joint trade tax commissioner's home in Ghaziabad and found assets beyond his income, an official statement said.

"The raid has led to startling revelations about joint trade tax commissioner Gopal Krishna Goel's moveable and immovable properties that were apparently far disproportionate to his known and legitimate sources of income," a statement issued by the chief minister's Office said.

While declining to divulge the estimated value of the properties and cash recovered during the raid, a top official of Chief Minister Mayawati's secretariat told IANS: "The raid is still on, so we would be in a position to give such estimates only tomorrow."

Goel is currently posted at Agra. Complaints about his alleged corruption were pending from the time he was holding charge as the deputy trade tax commissioner at Ghaziabad.

A criminal case has also been registered against him under the Prevention of Corruption Act at the Kavi Nagar police station in Ghaziabad. His multiple bank accounts were also being seized and lockers were to be opened Monday, officials said. (IANS)