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  • Assam civil servant found to have properties worth over Rs 100 crore, arrested

    Express News Service

    GUWAHATI: An officer of Assam Civil Service was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly acquiring assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.

    During an inquiry, the Chief Minister’s Special Vigilance Cell found that 89 landed properties were registered either in the name of the officer, Saibur Rahman, or one of his two wives. The market value of the properties was estimated to be over Rs 100 crore.

    Rahman alone was found to be in possession of assets, both moveable and immoveable, of over Rs 6.38 crore, 95% of which was disproportionate to his known sources of income.

    The vigilance cell had received a complaint that while Rahman was serving as the Additional District Magistrate of Dhubri, he had acquired huge properties by illegal and corrupt means. Accordingly a probe was initiated on the orders of the Chief Minister’s Office.

    “For the purpose of calculating income, assets and expenditure and to work out the value of disproportionate assets and the flow of acquisition of properties in possession of the suspect officer, the check period was taken from 23-6-2002 to 30-4-2021,” an official statement said.

    It also said that Rahman was arrested based on sufficient documentary and material evidences against him and for intentionally enriching himself illicitly and committing criminal misconduct during the period of his office.

    “…He owned assets that are out of sync with his legal sources of income…He was also unable to satisfactorily account for how he could amass the pecuniary resources/assets or properties disproportionate to his known sources of income,” the statement added. 

  • Two government staffers arrested for stealing Rs 55 lakh poll money in Assam

    By PTI
    BARPETA: Two government employees were arrested for allegedly stealing Rs 55 lakh from the election office of Barpeta district in Assam, officials said on Sunday.

    The incident of theft at the office of the Election Officer was reported during the morning of Saturday, as per an official statement.

    “Accordingly, an FIR was registered at Barpeta PS, case no 760/2021 dated 03-04-2021. Subsequently, as reported by the Superintendent of Police, Barpeta, the whole amount has been recovered during the investigation,” it said.

    A senior police official said that a computer operator and a junior assistant of the election office were arrested for allegedly stealing the money.

    The amount of Rs 55 lakh was withdrawn on April 2 and kept in a trunk at the chamber of the Election Officer for distributing it as remuneration, refreshment and other purposes among the poll personnel going for duties during the third phase of voting on April 6, police said.

    Further investigation into the matter is underway, they said.

    According to police, the stolen money was recovered from five different places across the district.