Patna: Suspended IPS officer Vivek Kumar has only Rs 5,000 in cash while his spouse and son have Rs 30,000 and Rs 12,000 cash respectively in their bank accounts, according to a declaration made by him about his assets for financial year 2017.

Vivek had submitted details of his movable and immovable property to the state government on December 31, 2017, which was later uploaded on the government's official website. Vivek was posted as senior superintendent of police of Muzaffarpur when he made the official declaration like other bureaucrats in the state.

As per the declaration, Vivek didn't have any car but his wife Nidhi Vivek (also known as Nidhi Karnawal) owned a Maruti Wagon R car of 2006 make. Similarly, Vivek has only 60gm of gold valued at Rs 2 lakh and other investments of Rs 2 lakh, his wife has 700gm of gold valued at Rs 25 lakh. The couple's son Reyansh has Rs 12,000 in cash and gold worth Rs 2.2 lakh, which was gifted to him.

In addition, Vivek has a little over Rs 25 lakh in bank deposits and non-banking institutions and his wife has fixed deposits worth Rs 25 lakh. The couple has invested in insurance policies too.

But searches at his official residence in Muzaffarpur and that of his in-laws' in Muzaffarnagar yielded Rs 1.66 crore in cash and fixed deposits worth Rs 1.95 crore. Besides, the couple and their parents' in-laws have jewellery worth Rs 63.76 crore. Property disproportionate to his known sources of income was detected during a search conducted by the special vigilance unit from April 16 to April 20.

A senior official of the SVU said unaccounted property of the suspended 2007 batch IPS officer has already crossed Rs 4 crore. "The documents seized during the five-day long searches are being scrutinised. Some more unaccounted assets may come to the fore during the course of investigation," the officer told The Telegraph on the condition of anonymity on Saturday.

The officer said the enforcement directorate would be informed about the recovery of foreign currencies from the lockers of Vivek's parents' in-law at Muzaffarnagar. Currencies from the US, Canada and Malaysia were detected when the six lockers were operated, he said.

"The ED will ascertain whether or not it was in violation of FEMA (Foreign Exchange Management Act) 1999," the officer said. He expressed surprise over a phenomenal rise in the police officer's assets in four months after the official declaration.

An FIR has been lodged with the Muzaffarpur town police station in connection with the seizure of a country-made carbine from the premises of the Muzaffarpur SSP. SP, SVU, Arun Kumar Sharma lodged a complaint against unidentified persons. The police suspect the involvement of the SSP's confidential reader Dinesh Yadav, now absconding.

On Friday, the police conducted a raid at Yadav's hideouts in Gaya but he could not be arrested. The state government put Vivek, a resident of Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, after a DA case was lodged against him on April 15. The next day the searches began.