This story is from August 30, 2021

Rs 49 lakh more seized during search at engineer’s residence in Muzaffarpur district

Rs 49 lakh more seized during search at engineer’s residence in Muzaffarpur district
Muzaffarpur SSP Jayant Kant said on Sunday that around Rs49 lakh was recovered from Anil’s rented accommodation at Bahreta in Darbhanga late Saturday night.
PATNA: A Muzaffarpur police team recovered Rs49 lakh more during search of the residential premises of the Rural Works Department’s superintending engineer, Anil Kumar, in Darbhanga district.
The search operation followed the recovery of Rs18 lakh from his car during a vehicle-checking drive on Muzaffarpur-Hajipur road under Phakuli police outpost area in Muzaffarpur district on Saturday.

Muzaffarpur SSP Jayant Kant said on Sunday that around Rs49 lakh was recovered from Anil’s rented accommodation at Bahreta in Darbhanga late Saturday night. Some documents related to his assets were also seized during the operation. So far, a total of Rs67 lakh has been seized from him, he added.
During investigation, it came to light that the engineer owned two flats on Jagdeo Path and Veterinary College road in the state capital. His wife was present in one of the flats in Patna during the search operation, the SSP revealed.
The SSP said Anil’s ancestral house at Alouli in Khagaria district was also searched. However, no incriminating document was found there. The investigating officers would access his bank accounts once the banks opened, he added.
Jayant said a team of the economic offences unit (EOU) from the state police headquarters joined the investigation on Sunday. The EOU team headed by a DSP quizzed Anil at Kudhani police station in Muzaffarpur on Sunday.

The SSP said the Income Tax (IT) department officials had also reached the Phakuli police outpost soon after Anil’s detention for interrogation for carrying a huge cash with him.
A case of violation of model code of conduct was lodged against him. The code of conduct was enforced on August 24 following announcement of the panchayat elections in the state to be held from September 24 to December 12.
A senior police officer associated with the investigation said the case may be transferred to the EOU for further action against the engineer concerned. “We will submit the evidence to the court, which will decide the future course of action,” the SSP told this newspaper paper over phone.
Anil was on way to Patna from Darbhanga on Saturday when the police detained him. He is posted as superintending engineer in Darbhanga division, which comprises Darbhanga and Madhubani districts.
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