Operation to attach ex-minister Manju Verma\'s properties ends

Operation to attach ex-minister Manju Verma's properties ends

Press Trust of India  |  Begusarai 

The Police Sunday concluded its two-day operation to attach properties of former Manju Verma, who's evading arrest in an Arms Act case filed by the CBI while probing the home scandal.

Police attached 16 articles on Sunday, while 109 articles were seized on Saturday, the SDPO said.

Armed with a court order, a police team led by of Police Awakash Kumar had initiated the process of attaching Verma's property in Arjuntola village here on Saturday.

Police had handed over a list of the seized articles to Verma's brother-in-law, Hemant Verma, on Saturday.

"The operation to attach the property of in the Arjuntola area ended on Sunday," the SDPO said.

Police had removed the grill, doors, door frames of a house belonging to her while carrying out the attachment process on Saturday.

All articles inside the house were seized during the two-day operation- initiated under sections 82 and 83 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

Verma had stepped down as the for social welfare in August, following reports that her husband, Chandrashekhar Verma, had close links with Brajesh Thakur, the prime accused in the home scandal.

Over 30 girls were allegedly raped at the shelter home.

A few days later, the CBI raided Verma's residence besides her in-laws' home in Arjuntola village from where a cache of ammunition was seized. A case was then registered against her.

She moved an application for anticipatory bail before a which was turned down and a similar plea was rejected by the High Court.

Her husband surrendered before a on October 29.

The had on November 12 rapped the Police for failing to arrest the former and directed the DGP to appear before it in person on November 27 if she was not nabbed by then.

Police are conducting raids in and to arrest Verma, who has been evading arrest for over a month and has been proclaimed an "absconder".

On November 15, the JD(U) suspended Verma from the party's primary membership.

of Police K S Dwivedi on Friday said the police are making "tremendous efforts" to arrest her.

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First Published: Sun, November 18 2018. 20:00 IST