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There is currently a stir in the administrative and political streets of Bihar, the main center of which is Darbhanga, the historical and major city of Mithilanchal. To crack down on corruption and disproportionate assets cases, the state’s Special Economic Offenses Unit (EOU), in a very big and tough step, has conducted simultaneous raids at various locations of Anand Kumar Vibhuti, Block Development Officer (BDO) of Bahadupur block of Darbhanga district. During this high-profile raid, as soon as the administrative staff along with the Vigilance and EOU teams reached the respective locations, a dramatic turn took place as BDO Anand Kumar Vibhuti got wind of it just before the investigation team arrived and managed to escape from the spot. After this sensational incident, there has been an earthquake in the entire administrative department and the biggest question has become that how a responsible government official got the leak of such confidential action in the first place.
Complete background and initial clues of this sudden and major action of EOU
For some time now, the Economic Offenses Unit (EOU) has been tightening its grip against corrupt officials and public servants who have acquired unaccounted wealth in Bihar. Under this ongoing investigation process, secret information about many serious cases of disproportionate assets and corruption against Bahadupur BDO Anand Kumar Vibhuti was reaching EOU. When the department scrutinized the primary evidence based on these complaints and assessed their financial transactions and movable and immovable properties, the case was prima facie found to be quite suspicious. After this, special teams of EOU were formed by obtaining search warrant from the court under the rules, which were sent to conduct simultaneous raids at his office, official residence and ancestral residence in Bahadupur, Darbhanga, so that concrete documents and evidence of financial irregularities could be recovered.
BDO absconds as soon as he gets information about raid, questions raised on security system and leaks
As shocking as this entire operation was, what was more shocking was that when the Vigilance team reached the designated places, the main accused i.e. BDO Anand Kumar Vibhuti was found missing. According to the information received from local sources and the investigation team, it seems that the information about this secret raid action had reached the BDO well in time through an insider, taking advantage of which, they fled from the spot. This way of a government official dodging the investigating agencies and absconding raises a big and serious question mark on the functioning of the administrative system and security system. Higher officials of EOU have taken this matter very seriously and now an internal investigation has also been started as to where the information about this secret raid was leaked and who could be involved in this leakage.
Important documents and clues of financial irregularities found during searches at the locations
Even though the main accused BDO could not be found at the spot, the EOU teams continued their search operation at his residence and other locations with full vigor without stopping. During this time, Vigilance has got hold of many such important documents, bank passbooks, investment related documents and details of real estate, which indicate his wealth is many times more than his known sources of income. The team has also started cloning and data recovery of their laptops, computers and mobile phones to secure digital evidence to find out where and how much wealth they have hidden through corruption. The investigating officers believe that after a thorough scrutiny of these documents, this entire racket and the faces of other suspects involved will also be exposed, due to which there is every possibility of even bigger revelations in the coming days.
There was a commotion in the administrative corridors and the search for the absconding officer intensified.
After this action taken at the premises of Bahadupur BDO of Darbhanga, there is an atmosphere of panic in the administrative circles of entire North Bihar and the fear of EOU can be clearly seen in the mind of every corrupt officer. This is a clear message from the government and higher administrative officials that the policy of zero tolerance against corruption will be strictly implemented, no matter how influential the accused is. To arrest absconding BDO Anand Kumar Vibhuti, EOU teams have started raiding his possible hideouts, relatives and close associates, and lookout circulars and other legal processes have also been intensified against him. It will be very interesting to see when the long arms of the law reach this absconding officer and what revelations the vigilance makes after getting to the bottom of this black business of corruption.