Patna, (Bihar Times): The Central Bureau of
Investigation on Tuesday carried simultaneous raids on
the office and residential premises of the general
secretary of the State Bank of India Staff
Association, Patna Circle, J N Singh, at Patna and
Darbhanga districts. However, Singh himself was not
present in any of these places searched by the agency
for hours.
The agency detected property worth Rs 62 lakh
disproportionate to his known sources of income.
The raids at his Hanuman Nagar home in Patna started
early on Tuesday morning and continued for six hours.
The raiding party seized bank passbook and documents
pertaining to huge investment.
The other team of the CBI raided his Association
office near Gandhi Maidan and SBI
guest house.
Another team raided the ancestral home of Singh at his
native village in Darbhanga district.
It needs to be mentioned that the CBI registered a
case of disproportionate asset against him on May 30.
Singh is also the president of the Seven Circle of the
SBI Staff Association. This includes Delhi,
Chandigarh, Guwahati, Lucknow, Kolkata, Bhubaneswar
apart from Patna.
It needs to be mentioned that the CBI got complaints
from the bank sources about the bungling in
Association fund. Singh, according to the complaint,
has 25 bank accounts, nine cars and owns huge landed
property in various parts of the country.
