Rs 80 lakh cash seized from govt engineer in Bihar’s Bhagalpur

Patna:  The Bihar Vigilance unit conducted raids on the house and office of a Road Construction Department engineer in Bhagalpur district on Wednesday and seized cash amounting to Rs 80 lakh and some jewellery.

A 10-members team, headed by a DSP rank officer, raided Executive Engineer Srikant Sharma’s residence in Hanumannagar in Bhagalpur and office and made the seizure.

DSP, Vigilance, Sanjay Jaiswal said: “We have recovered cash and jewellery and a property paper of Dehradun. The matter is under investigation.”

An FIR for owning disproportionate assets was lodged in Patna vigilance police station against Sharma.

–IANS

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