The Bihar government on Tuesday placed under suspension the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Muzaffarpur district, Vivek Kumar, after the Special Vigilance Unit (SVU) raided his official residence in the town and premises linked to him in several other places revealed traces of disproportionate assets.
The simultaneous raids began at the official residence of SSP in Muzaffarpur, his paternal place in Kanpur and his in-laws’ houses in Muzaffarnagar and Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh on Monday noon.
Sources said unaccounted for cash of Rs 6.25 lakh and jewellery worth Rs 5.5 lakh were recovered at the Muzaffarpur residence along with documents indicating possession of landed property and other assets. Besides, Rs 45,000 in old currency notes were also found in his residence.
The 2007 batch Bihar cadre IPS officer, Vivek, and his wife Nidhi Karnwal are accused of amassing disproportionate assets 300% more than the known sources of their income.
