The theft of Rs 65 crore, in cash, from the home of a once powerful IAS officer who still enjoys clout with the honest UP chief minster has opened a pandora’s box of rampant corruption in the state. While the theft never got registered with the police for obvious reasons, large scale corruption by the officer and several others has come to the fore. Does it nullify claims of the much hyped 'Ram Rajya' in the country’s most populous and poor state?

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