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<div class="section1"><div class="Normal"><span style="" font-style:="" italic="">ACB finds that corrupt government officers'' black money is increasingly being invested in the ''other woman''</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Cherchez la femme</span>. That golden rule as glorified in detective fiction seems to still hold true, even in real life.Coming close on the heels of the news of the increasing corruption among government officers, the cops have now found that the black money obtained here is being channelled towards the ''other'' woman, or women, as the case may be. <br /><br />The recently suspended executive director of Mahananda Dairy, Shivaji Talekar reportedly invested a huge sum of his black money into his many girlfriends, say Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths. The ACB which recovered condoms, vitalisers and sex sprays from Talekar''s office cupboard, say that Talekar also had a few girlfriends visiting his Goregaon office in the afternoons. Talekar''s is not an isolated case. In 2002 the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had recovered a number of nude photographs of a model from chief producer of Films Division, Bankim Kapadia. They had also seized several love letters written to him by several women. He also invested his illegal income into the accounts of his ex-wives. <br /><br />Officers say that with corruption among government servants increasing rampantly, black money is finding its way to the ''other'' women. Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Y P Singh who has written a book on corruption among government servants says that there are three types of womanising and many ways of disposal of wealth by corrupt officers. "The first type of womanising is where the bureaucrats goes for mujra parties. But this is rare," he says. The other way which is rampant is using apartments of rich friends during lunch hours or early evenings where the officers are supplied with women, says Singh. The third category is where the corrupt officers have extra-marital affairs by impressing the women with their money and stature. "In such cases, they also invest money on the ''other'' women''s names," says Singh.<br /><br />Former Director General of Police A S Samra who previously headed the ACB, says that the trend in investing illegal money has changed over the years. "In the 1980s, black money was mostly invested in building projects. Now the trend has changed," he says. About womanising, he says that it was done surreptitiously earlier.</div> </div>