ACB raids on seven officers unearth huge cash and gold haul
Bengaluru, Feb 2: Anti-Corruption Bureau raids against seven government servants at 30 places across Karnataka on Tuesday led to recovery of huge cash and gold besides huge investment in property, officials said.
According to ACB officials, cases of disproportionate assets were registered in Bengaluru, Ballari, Kolar, Dharwad, Dakshina Kannada, Chitradurga and Kalaburagi and subsequently the searches were carried out under the supervision of superintendents of police.
The officers whose houses were raided were Devaraj Kallesh, Pandurang Garag, Jayaraj K V, Dr S N Vijay Kumar, Dr Srinivas, Channabasappa Avat and Srinivas, they said.
Rs 56.5 lakh in cash and 400 gm of gold have been seized from one location alone.
According to an ACB official, one of the officers had invested hugely in flats in Kalaburagi and owned 23 acres of land, which he had purchased recently.
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Fire breaks out in residential building in east Delhi, nine killed
New Delhi (PTI): At least nine people were killed after a fire broke out in a residential building in east Delhi's Vivek Vihar early Sunday, officials said.
The incident was reported around 3.48 am at a four-storey building in Vivek Vihar Phase-I, following which police, fire and disaster management teams rushed to the spot.
According to the police, the blaze engulfed flats on the second, third and fourth floors of the building, prompting a large-scale rescue operation.
The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.
"Around 10 to 15 people were rescued from the premises during the firefighting operation. Two of them, who sustained minor injuries, were shifted to the Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital," a senior police officer said.
A total of 12 fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the flames, while teams from the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), traffic police and local police assisted in the rescue and evacuation efforts.
Police said the fire was brought under control after several hours.
The identities of the deceased are yet to be ascertained, and efforts are underway to determine the cause of the fire, police said.
Further investigation and proceedings are underway.
