Team News Riveting
Guwahati, August 24
The Assam Chief Minister’s special vigilance cell on Tuesday arrested a senior state official on the charges of acquiring disproportionate assets worth over Rs 100 crore.
The officer, Saibar Rahman, is from Assam Civil Service (ACS) and was earlier posted as additional deputy commissioner (ADC) of Dhubri. Rahman was currently posted as deputy secretary in the Welfare of Minorities and Development Department.
The action came following a probe conducted by the CM vigilance cell after receiving a complaint against Rahman. Accordingly, a regular inquiry was initiated, the superintendent of police, CM’s Special Vigilance Cell, said in a press statement.
The probe was conducted covering the period between June 23, 2002 and April 4, 2021. The investigating officials were shunned to note a huge property amassed by the officer beyond the known source of his income. It included 89 landed properties registered in his name or that of his two spouses. The market value of the properties was estimated to be over Rs 100 crore, the statement said.
The probe also unearthed moveable and immoveable assets belonging to him, worth over Rs 6.38 crore, which are 95 per cent disproportionate. “Upon finding sufficient documentary and material pieces of evidence against Rahman for intentionally enriching himself illicitly and committing criminal misconduct, he has been arrested,” the official statement said.
The official had failed to give satisfactory account for the property he has amassed, the statement added.
