Property documents worth ₹2.15 cr unearthed from suspended SSP’s lockers

MUZAFFARPUR: Special Vigilance Unit (SVU) sleuths have recovered huge cash, jewellery and property documents worth ₹2.15 crore during raid at suspended SSP Vivek Kumar’s in-laws’ residence in Uttar Pradesh.

The rich haul of seizure was made from two lockers only out of six lockers, keys of which were found from suspended SSP’s in-laws residence in Muzaffarnagar in UP.

“A total of six locker keys has been recovered during raid at Vivek Kumar’s in-laws residence in Muzaffarnagar. ₹18 lakh cash and jewellery worth ₹1.75 lakh found from one locker while team recovered jewellery worth ₹30 lakh apart from papers of fixed deposits of ₹1.65 crore from another locker,” Inspector General (IG),SVU, Ratan Sanjay told PTI.

Notably, a raid has been going on since Monday last at the residence of Kumar and his native district Saharanpur and his in-laws house at Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.

The state government yesterday suspended Vivek Kumar after the Special Vigilance Unit’s raided his and his in-laws residences in connection with a disproportionate asset case.

The team is still investigating the other four lockers.

The IG further said that Vivek Kumar’s name has been cleared by the Central government for his appointment as OSD to union minister Satyapal Singh and he was set to be relieved by the state goverment soon but the raid played the spoil sport.

An FIR was lodged against him on April 15 with Special Vigilance Unit police station under various sections of Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 and IPC.

THE STATE GOVERNMENT YESTERDAY SUSPENDED VIVEK KUMAR AFTER THE SPECIAL VIGILANCE UNIT’S RAIDED HIS

AND HIS INLAWS RESIDENCES IN CONNECTION WITH A DISPROPORTIONATE ASSET CASE