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Another corrupt official's house confiscated
in Bihar
Sunday November 20, 2011 10:13:53 AM,
IANS
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Patna: In the second
such case in Bihar, authorities here Saturday confiscated the
house of a suspended treasury clerk who is facing prosecution in a
corruption case, officials said.
The house will be converted into a primary school, as has been
announced by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
The two-storied house of Girish Kumar, located in the posh
Kadamkuan area, was seized by Patna administration officials on
court orders.
The Patna High Court last week dismissed Girish's appeal
challenging a special court's order to confiscate his property.
Girish is accused of amassing assets worth Rs.51 lakh,
disproportionate to his known source of income.
A vigilance case was lodged against him in 2006 for amassing
assets between 1992 and 2004. The assets, as per a vigilance
probe, include two plots and a house in the Bihar capital.
Earlier in September, a primary school was opened in the
confiscated three-storey house here of Shiv Shankar Verma, a
former minor irrigation secretary.
He became the first officer to face such action under the Bihar
Special Courts Act, 2009.
Verma and eight of his relatives faced a case of amassing
disproportionate assets amounting to Rs.1.44 crore.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has repeatedly said at public meetings
in the last few months that ill-gotten property of corrupt
officials will be confiscated and their houses will be turned into
schools for poor children.
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