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House turned into school, IAS man now faces trial
The suspended IAS officer, whose three-storey palatial house was confiscated recently to convert it into a Government school for slum children, will now be prosecuted for amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
According to officials, the Centre had cleared the proposal of the Bihar Government for initiating proceedings against the allegedly corrupt IAS officer, Shiv Shankar Verma.
“Now with the proposal being cleared, the State Government will start the process of prosecution against him,” the official said.
Significantly, ever since his house was confiscated, the IAS officer has been untraceable and could not be contacted for his comments.
Earlier, he had pleaded before the State Government to give his house on rent, instead of opening a Government school for slum children in it. But the State Government not only turned down his request but also opened the school in record time. The Government primary school of Rukunpura, Musahari was, in fact, shifted to the seized house of the suspended IAS officer within three days and began functioning since then, much to the delight of the children.
Verma, incidentally, was the first IAS official whose house was confiscated under the new law, the Bihar Special Court Act, 2009, enacted to weed out corruption from Government offices. In August, the Patna High Court had rejected Verma’s petition challenging the vigilance court’s order to confiscate his house.
Sources in the Government, however, told The Pioneer that there are at least 18 other such officers against whom similar action will be taken sooner or later.
According to officials, the Centre had cleared the proposal of the Bihar Government for initiating proceedings against the allegedly corrupt IAS officer, Shiv Shankar Verma.
“Now with the proposal being cleared, the State Government will start the process of prosecution against him,” the official said.
Significantly, ever since his house was confiscated, the IAS officer has been untraceable and could not be contacted for his comments.
Earlier, he had pleaded before the State Government to give his house on rent, instead of opening a Government school for slum children in it. But the State Government not only turned down his request but also opened the school in record time. The Government primary school of Rukunpura, Musahari was, in fact, shifted to the seized house of the suspended IAS officer within three days and began functioning since then, much to the delight of the children.
Verma, incidentally, was the first IAS official whose house was confiscated under the new law, the Bihar Special Court Act, 2009, enacted to weed out corruption from Government offices. In August, the Patna High Court had rejected Verma’s petition challenging the vigilance court’s order to confiscate his house.
Sources in the Government, however, told The Pioneer that there are at least 18 other such officers against whom similar action will be taken sooner or later.
