Fresh trouble for former DIG Rounak Ali Hazarika

Investigators trying to unearth fund source of Rounak Ali Hazarika's foreign visits

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: The Chief Minister's Special Vigilance Cell (CMSVC) which is investigating the disproportionate assets (DA) case against suspended DIG (Border) Rounak Ali Hazarika is trying to unearth the source of funding of the string of his foreign visits. The investigators are relying on documentary evidence rather than other sources to prepare a strong charge sheet against the DIG who was arrested by the Chief Minister's Special Vigilance Cell on October 5 in connection with a disproportionate assets (DA) case.

Hazarika was earlier suspended from his post on July 20 this year for making several foreign trips without prior permission from the government.

On the basis of specific inputs, the CM's Special Vigilance Cell had conducted a probe on the disproportionate asset case of the senior IPS officer. Finally, a case was registered in the Vigilance PS vide No. 06/2021 under sections 13(1), (a),(b)/13 (2) of Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018. "Our interrogation is going on in jail. The process is going to be completed soon. We are giving more importance to documentary evidence in the case. Disproportionate assets (DA) cases are based on documentary evidence. It is more crucial than the statement of witnesses. The investigation has been going on since we received a report from the Home department regarding the DIG that he had made nine foreign trips without informing the government. He did not take any permission before going for the foreign trips," said CMSVC SP (Superintendent of Police) Rosie Kalita on Saturday.

Earlier during the inquiry, it was revealed that Hazarika possessed immovable and movable assets disproportionate to his known sources of income from 1992 to 2021. Hazarika also incurred over Rs 1.74 crore as the educational expenditure of his two children to date.

From the international travel history of Rounak Ali Hazarika, it also came to light that he travelled abroad nine times without permission from the government. As per sources, the investigation revealed that the senior police apart from his house at Hengrabari owned a house in Dhirenpara, a residential house in the Downtown area of Guwahati and a resort in his wife's name in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.

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