The Special Vigilance Unit conducted raids on Wednesday at four locations belonging to Vijay Kumar, a Superintending Engineer of the Road Construction Department posted in Saharsa, in connection with a disproportionate assets case. The action was carried out simultaneously in Saharsa, Aurangabad and Patna.

According to the investigative agency, preliminary verification assessed disproportionate assets totaling 3 crore 28 lakh 70 thousand 600 rupees, which is 139.87 percent higher than the known sources of income of the engineer and his wife.

Cash and valuables recovered during searches

Nine lakh rupees were recovered from a bag thrown by the engineer's wife from a flat located in Danapur, Patna. During the search, a total of 32 lakh 57 thousand 500 rupees in cash, gold and silver jewellery worth 23.23 lakh rupees, and around 1 crore 29 lakh 40 thousand rupees deposited across 7 savings accounts in various banks were found.

According to the investigative agency, immovable assets worth 3 crore 8 lakh 75 thousand rupees have been discovered in the names of the engineer and his wife.

Case registered under Prevention of Corruption Act

According to Special Vigilance Unit Additional Director General Sudhanshu Kumar, a case has been registered against the engineer under the Prevention of Corruption Act.