India, Sept. 16 -- Nupur Bora, the Assam bureaucrat who has been arrested for alleged corruption, amassed assets 400 times more than her known sources of income, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday.

Raids were carried out at Nupur Bora's residences across Assam by the Chief Minister's Special Vigilance Cell on Monday in which Rs.92 lakh in cash and jewellery valued at nearly Rs.2 crore were recovered. An additional Rs.10 lakh was seized from her rented house in Barpeta.

Sarma said penal measures beyond suspension or dismissal from the job are being pursued to ensure that the officer is held accountable as per law.

"She had amassed wealth 400 times more than her known sources of income. We think that not just suspension o...