Mumbai, Dec 23 (Mumbai Mirror): The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) will be able to officially attach properties worth Rs 112 crore allegedly belonging to dismissed Dy Collector Nitish Thakur, but registered under his family members' names, in a disproportionate assets case registered against him. The Alibag unit of ACB had registered the case against Thakur after properties worth more than Rs 200 crore were found in his and his family's name.

ACB officials had recently approached the Alibag court seeking permission to attach forty three properties to the case, which are in the name of Thakur's mother Chaya, brother Nilesh and companies run by the latter. The properties include flats, commercial outlets, resorts, hotels, land and fixed deposits in banks. ACB officials fear that Thakur will sell off these properties while on the run, as he had managed to register them as part of a deed of family trust, making the family joint owners.

Thakur, formerly from Alibag's revenue department and under investigation for fraudulent sanctions that led to losses worth crores, was apprehended in 2013 at the Mumbai International Airport while trying to flee to Dubai. However, failure to cancel his bail allowed him to flee the country a little later and he has been untraceable till date.