Vigilance Bureau raids Bihar bureaucrat couple’s premises

The Bihar Vigilance Investigation Bureau conducted searches at four locations linked to a bureaucrat couple in Patna and Begusarai in connection with a disproportionate assets case, recovering nearly Rs 80 lakh in cash, jewellery valued at Rs 52.60 lakh and 48 watches valued at about Rs 6.01 lakh.

The case has been registered against Ravindra Kumar Diwakar, Additional District Magistrate



(Supply) in Patna, and his wife, Kumari Sweety, who is posted as the Sub-Registrar in Danapur.

According to the Vigilance Bureau, the couple is alleged to have accumulated assets worth about Rs 1.07 crore disproportionate to their known sources of income. The case was registered on September 25 under the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).