Bihar anti-corruption drive : Govt confiscates house of another corrupt official
A team of Government officials reached the Kankarbag locality of Patna and seized the three-storied building of motor vehicle inspector (MVI) Raghuvansh Kunwar. The authorities also seized his three katha plot located nearby the seized building.
No member of the accused family was present in the house when the authorities completed the seizure formalities.
Kunwar was caught taking a bribe of Rs 50,000 by vigilance sleuths in September, 2008 after which the vigilance court ordered for confiscating his properties.
Subsequently, the accused moved the upper court but failed to get any reprieve.
The state Government has planned to open an “Old Age Home” in the confiscated building of the MVI official.
Earlier, the state Government had opened a school for underprivileged children in the seized bungalow of SS Verma, a senior IAS official caught in a corruption case, and a school for mentally challenged children in the confiscated house of former Bihar DGP Narayan Mishra.
thebiharpost.com
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