Patna, Jan 24: The Bihar government has decided to dismiss 70 corrupt officers, and more will be sacked in the coming weeks, an official said Friday.

Chief Secretary A.K. Sinha has given the go ahead for the dismissal of the 70, an official in the Chief Minister’s workplace office.

Official sources told that most officers facing the sack were caught red handed  while accepting bribes.

The process to dismiss them was initiated after division proceedings proved the charges against the officers.

Nearly 10 days ago, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar demanded that inquiries against corrupt officers ought to be speeded up and they ought to be dismissed from service within 2 months if found guilty.

In the last 2 days, the Economic Offences Unit of Bihar Police raided 2 corrupt officers in Patna and detected assets worth crores of rupees with them.