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After house, corrupt Bihar official's land
seized
Monday November 21, 2011 09:24:59 PM,
IANS
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Another corrupt official's house confiscated
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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
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Patna: Two days after
confiscating the house of a suspended treasury clerk who is being
prosecuted in a corruption case, the Bihar government also seized
his plot of land Monday, an official said.
The clerk, Girish Kumar's plot in the Shivpuri area was seized by
Patna administration officials on court orders.
"A plot of land belonging to Girish Kumar was seized. His other
property will be seized soon," an official said.
Earlier, the house of Girish Kumar, located in the posh Kadamkuan
area, was seized by officials on court orders Saturday. This was
the second confiscation of a corrupt officials' property.
The house will be converted into a primary school, as has been
announced by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
The Patna High Court last week dismissed Girish Kumar's appeal
challenging a special court's order to confiscate his property.
The clerk is accused of amassing assets worth Rs.51 lakh,
disproportionate to his known sources of income.
A vigilance case was lodged against him in 2006 for amassing the
assets between 1992 and 2004. The assets, as per a vigilance
probe, include two plots and a house in the Bihar capital.
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.
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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