Raid at Chief Engineer's House Nets over Rs. 50 lakh in Cash
Patna: January 24, 2008
Special Vigilance Unit (SVU) sleuths in Patna on Thursday raided the house of Chief Engineer, Minor Irrigation Department, Awadhesh Prasad Singh and seized over Rs. 50 lakh in cash, more than Rs. 3 lakh worth of jewelries, over Rs. 4 lakh in investment, and 320 in US dollars.
The raid at Singh's Shivpuri residence began early Thursday morning and by noon, the law-enforcement officials were still counting the cash that is expected to go well over Rs. 50 lakh, SUV IG A. K. Upadhyaya said.
A case of disproportionate assets case has been lodged against Singh who has also been found investing in real estate in prime areas in Noida, Bangalore, and Kolkata, and owning 5 kottah of land in Muzaffarpur, officials said.
The Vigilance has seized several pass books of different banks, including documents indicating ownership of many bank lockers.
Interestingly, Singh was all set to brace retirement at the end of this month.
Simultaneous raids were conducted at Singh's houses in Muzaffarpur and Samastipur but nothing incriminating was found from either place, officials said.
|
