CBI recovers Rs 12 lakh cash from officer

NEW DELHI, Jan 4:
The CBI today recovered Rs 12 lakh in cash and documents related to assets worth Rs 31 lakh during searches at the premises of a Senior Superintendent of Regional Passport Office, Lucknow, officials said.
The agency has registered a case against Vikas Mishra, Senior Superintendent, for allegedly amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, they said.
The agency conducted searches at four locations — three in Lucknow and one in Varanasi — on Saturday, the officials said.
During the searches, the agency recovered Rs 12 lakh in cash, receipts for purchase of jewellery worth Rs 5 lakh, papers of fixed deposits worth Rs 26 lakh and documents of 45 bank accounts, they said. (PTI)