Assam Top Cop Arrested In Disproportionate Assets Case
NDTV
This came after the Chief Minister's Special Vigilance cell found that Rounak Ali Hazarika's assets were "out of sync" with his legal sources of income, an Assam police press release claimed.
Suspended Assam Deputy Inspector General of Police (Border) Rounak Ali Hazarika was arrested on Tuesday on charges of having assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
This came after the Chief Minister's Special Vigilance cell found that Hazarika's assets were "out of sync" with his legal sources of income, an Assam police press release claimed.
The release added that the enquiry instituted after a case was registered against him in June last, found that Hazarika possessed immovable and movable assets which were disproportionate to his known income during the period from 1992 to 2021 while he was posted in Bongaigaon district.
The release said, "The percentage of his disproportionate assets is found to be 164.80 per cent. The inventory memo is being prepared and sufficient corroborative evidences like foreign currencies have been recovered from his residence".
