The Vigilance Investigation Bureau today lodged an FIR with the Vigilance police station against Vikram Kumar Jha, District Cooperative Officer (DCO), Nawada, for allegedly amassing disproportionate assets of Rs 63.16 crore.
The Bureau lodged an FIR against Jha under section 13 (2) read with 13(1) under Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, a Vigilance Department release said.
Jha joined government service on November 30, 1975.
During investigation, four teams of the Bureau conducted raids at Jha's residence at Purnea, Patna and Nawada, besides his office in Nawada.
The team recovered Rs 1.25 crore cash, 859 gm gold, one kg and 894 gm silver jewellery, documents related to 16 plots in the name of Jha and his relatives and documents of a flat whose deed value together was estimated at Rs 1.40 crore, the release said adding all these were recovered during the raid at Jha's Purnea residence.
A total of 11 passbooks of various banks of Jha's relatives were also recovered, it said adding two passbooks of two other banks were recovered from Nawada.
Documents seized were being scrutinised and investigations were on, the release said.
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