A board beside a modest home in a congested area in Jhungia Bazar in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, proclaimed ‘Gaurav Kumar Singh, IAS’. On the morning of December 9, Gaurav Kumar Singh alias Lalit Kishor, 27, from Bihar’s Sitamarhi district, was arrested. Lalit had allegedly taken a bribe of ₹5 crore from the contractor, promising him a government tender worth ₹450 crore. They say Lalit left in 2017, and returned just once for a day in 2020, when his father Chalitar Ram, a cobbler, died. “We do not know anything about Lalit Kishor, where he lives, and what he does,” said Sangeeta Devi, whose husband Raj Kishor Ram is Lalit’s brother.

Source: The Hindu December 29, 2025 06:58 UTC