MUMBAI: The state government announced that it will come up with a new independent law state legislative winter session (December) to seize the property of corrupt officials .

Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced in the legislative council on Wednesday while replying in a question hour. He was talking on a question asked by NCP MLC Prakash Binsale.

The CM while replying to question also conceded that the corruption has seepage deep in the system. "To curb corruption we need to make policies transparent and the government would go for e-governance so that there would be less human intervention. Right to service act is also part of it. The government is also taking help from the Enforcement Department in this issue to track the trail of corruption. We need to do series of reforms to tackle the corruption issue," said Fadnavis.

"During he court case, people tries to dispose off their property till the verdict comes in. We however make provision in the new law that they could not dispose off or sale the property unless verdict out. If a person proves guilty, the property will seize by the government and if not then court will decide about his property," added CM.

