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Bihar govt to turn corrupt babus house into school

PATNA: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumars promise to confiscate ill-gotten properties of officials and to open schools for poor children in their palatial houses is close to becoming a reality. With the Patna high court upholding a May order to confiscate the multi-storied building of suspended IAS officer Shiv Shankar Verma, decks seem to have been cleared for this purpose. The judicial order gives a big boost to Bihar governments war on corruption, said JD (U) state spokesman Sanjay Singh. On July 6, 2007, sleuths of Special Vigilance Unit raided Vermas houses and found movable and immovable properties, roughly estimated to be worth Rs 1.43 crore, which were disproportionate to his known sources of income. Verma, then a secretary in the minor irrigation department, was suspended. A vigilance officer said the courts had so far ordered confiscation of properties in five cases. Three of these orders were passed in July.

                                                                                                               
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