Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has quashed the Puttur Assistant Commissioner Stelle Varghese’s order dated September 18 to extern Sowjanya Movement activist Mahesh Shetty Thimarody to Manvi taluk of Raichur district for a period of one year.

Justice Suraj Govindaraj heard on Monday the writ petition that the activist filed in the High Court challenging the AC’s order.

The judge partially accepted Thimarody’s plea and quashed the externment order. He also directed the AC to consider the case freshly and issue an appropriate order.

A copy of the HC judgment is yet to be made available.

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Koppal: Lokayukta Police conducted a raid on the residence, schools and colleges owned by the family members and the office of B Kallesha, administrative officer at Koppal Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) on Friday morning.

According to sources, multiple teams of Lokayukta officials raided the office, educational institutes and house of Kallesha following complaints of disproportionate assets against him.

The teams reportedly raided the Navachethana School and College on Yathnatti Road in Bhagyanagar as well as Kallesha's office on the premises of KIMS and checked documents related to property and finance.

Kallesha had allegedly been linked to the Valmiki Corporation scam and was suspended in the backdrop of the allegation.