Officials of the Directorate of Vigilence and Anti-Corruption have seized cash amounting to Rs 1.18 crore during a search conducted at the house of the brother in-law of tainted Assam Civil Service (ACS) officer Lachit Kumar Das at Beltola area of Guwahati.
Some land documents were also seized during the raid, an official source said on Saturday.
Das, posted as the additional director of land records, was arrested on Thursday on corruption charges.
Nearly Rs 50 lakh in cash, Rs 80 lakh in fixed deposits and other items were also recovered from Das’s Guwahati residence after his arrest.
Das was arrested by sleuths from the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption following a complaint that he had demanded Rs 1 lakh as a bribe to issue a no-objection certificate (NOC) for land sale permission. Following the arrest, a case against Das was registered under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
