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          Patna, June 30 (IANS) An Indian Administrative Service (IAS)   officer, K. Senthil Kumar, was suspended by the Bihar government on charges of   corruption, an official said Thursday."Senthil was suspended by the   state government as the department of personnel and training has agreed in   principle to go ahead with the prosecution sanction sought by the Vigilance   Investigation Bureau against him," the official said.
 |  Senthil, a 1996-batch Bihar cadre officer and currently on central deputation,   has been charged with committing financial irregularities amounting to Rs.7.46   crore when he was the commissioner of the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) in   2009-10. 
 In February last year, a vigilance team conducted a raid and   seized documents from the PMC office. Senthil, who was present in the office,   had sneaked out through a backdoor.
 
 The vigilance investigation revealed   that Senthil had connived with developers and the land mafia for personal gain.
 
 Officials say the vigilance probe revealed that Senthil had immovable   properties in Patna, Delhi and Chennai. He reportedly also owns a cafe and a   departmental store in Patna.
 
 
 
      
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