Who is CISF DIG Shipra Srivastava? How She Got Tangled in Her IRS Husband’s Alleged Black Deeds as CBI Tightens Grip
New Delhi: In the corridors of power and uniformed service, few stories raise eyebrows quite like the one unfolding around Shipra Srivastava. Until recently, she held the rank of Deputy Inspector General in the Central Industrial Security Force. Her husband, Jeevanlal Lavidiya, was a 2004-batch Indian Revenue Service officer who rose to become Commissioner of Income Tax (Exemptions) in Hyderabad. Today, both face a CBI case that alleges they amassed wealth far beyond what their salaries could explain. The agency registered the FIR on 10 September 2026 at its Anti-Corruption Branch-III in New Delhi. It names Lavidiya as the main accused under the Prevention of Corruption Act for possessing disproportionate assets. Shipra has been booked for allegedly helping him acquire and hold those assets. The numbers cited in the FIR are stark. Between 1 April 2022 and 10 May 2025, Lavidiya’s known income stood at roughly Rs 1.96 crore. Yet the combined value of assets and expenditure during that period touched Rs 3.08 crore. The difference – Rs 1.12 crore – works out to more than 57 per cent above what he could reasonably account for from legitimate sources. By the end of the check period, the family’s total assets were valued at over Rs 4.31 crore. Investigators say the trail began earlier. In May 2025, CBI teams searched the couple’s residence in Delhi while probing a separate bribery case against Lavidiya. That earlier case involved alleged demands for money to settle tax appeals in favour of private parties, including a high-profile real-estate group. During those searches, officers recovered Rs 54 lakh in cash and rough sheets listing various properties. Those finds, officials later said, pointed to a larger pattern of unexplained wealth and prompted the fresh disproportionate-assets probe. Shipra’s role, as described in the FIR, is that of an abettor. The agency alleges she supported her husband in acquiring the assets, some of which appear in the names of family members. At the time relevant to the check period, she was serving as DIG at CISF headquarters in New Delhi. More recently, reports place her at the North East Sector headquarters in Guwahati. CISF itself has initiated its own internal inquiry, a standard step when a senior officer faces such allegations. Lavidiya’s background adds another layer. He comes from Telangana, the son of a former BRS legislator from the Wyra constituency in Khammam district. After engineering studies at NIT Warangal, he cleared the civil services examination and joined the IRS. Over the years he held key posts in Mumbai and later in Hyderabad, where he also carried additional charge of two Income Tax Appeals units. Those positions gave him significant discretion over tax matters – the very area where the earlier bribery allegations arose. The couple’s case has drawn attention because it involves two senior officers from different services. One wore the CISF uniform; the other sat in the Income Tax hierarchy. When spouses both occupy positions of authority, questions of accountability become sharper. CBI has entrusted the investigation to Inspector Naveen Kumar. The agency has made clear that registration of an FIR is only the starting point. Guilt or innocence will be decided by evidence gathered during the probe and by the courts. For now, the public details remain limited to what appears in the FIR and related statements. No chargesheet has been filed yet, and neither officer has publicly responded in detail. In such cases, the process usually involves verification of property records, bank statements, income tax returns, and lifestyle expenses. Assets held in the names of relatives or through complex arrangements often become the focus of detailed scrutiny. The story also serves as a reminder of how one investigation can open doors to another. What began as a bribery trap in 2025 expanded into a wider look at the couple’s finances. Cash recoveries, property lists, and mismatches between declared income and visible wealth form the core of the CBI’s current case. Whether the alleged excess assets can be satisfactorily explained remains to be seen. Shipra Srivastava’s career in CISF had placed her in a position of responsibility within a force that guards industrial installations and airports across the country. Lavidiya’s role as a senior tax officer carried its own weight of public trust. The allegations now hanging over both have put that trust under strain. As the investigation continues, more documents and statements are likely to surface. Until then, the numbers in the FIR – the Rs 1.12 crore gap and the 57 per cent disproportion – remain the central figures in a case that has brought a CISF DIG and an IRS couple into the national spotlight for all the wrong reasons. Sources: ANI reports dated 17 September 2026; Jagran and India TV Hindi coverage of the FIR details; Deccan Chronicle and Daily Excelsior accounts of the linked 2025 searches and cash recovery; SSBCrack summary of the case registration. Publisher By – Rohit Manral Written By – Anjali Pandey