Huge Cash Found In Vigilance Raids On Bihar DEO’s Properties

Patna: Multiple teams from the State Vigilance Unit (SVU) conducted extensive raids at half a dozen locations associated with Rajnikant Praveen, the District Education Officer (DEO) of West Champaran, in Bihar on Thursday.

The vigilance team, which arrived from Patna, began its operations early on Thursday morning. A significant raid was conducted at Praveen’s residence in the Vasant Vihar locality, under the jurisdiction of the Mufassil police station.

Sources indicate that a large amount of cash has been recovered from Praveen’s house.

A note-counting machine was brought in to tally the recovered currency notes.

Praveen is undergoing questioning by the vigilance team at his residence for the last several hours.

A heavy police force has been deployed at the site to ensure security during the raid.

As of now, the officials of the SVU have not made any official statements regarding the case or the details of the recovered assets.

Praveen has been serving as the DEO in West Champaran for the last three years.

The raids are part of an ongoing investigation into alleged irregularities, though no further details have been disclosed by the authorities.