Lokayukta sleuths raid govt officers and engineers in disproportionate assets case in Karnataka
Bengaluru (PTI): Lokayukta sleuths on Thursday carried out raids in several places against 11 government officers and engineers in disproportionate assets case in Karnataka, Lokayukta sources said.
In an early morning operation, about 100 officials carried out raids in nine districts against government officers who are suspected to have accumulated disproportionate assets.
The Superintendents of the districts supervised the raids and carried out searches in 56 locations, the sources added.
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The Lokayukta sleuths raided the Kalaburagi residence of a Revenue Officer posted in Kengeri Division of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike.
In Mandya, the raids were conducted at a residence of a retired executive engineer of the Rural Drinking Water and Sanitation Division and in Chitradurga, a chief engineer retiree from the Minor Irrigation Department, Bengaluru.
A Tehsildar in Kolar, Superintending Engineer, Executive Engineer and Assistant Executive Engineer were among those houses raided.
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FIR filed against TMC's Abhishek over 'inflammatory' remarks during Bengal polls
Kolkata (PTI): The West Bengal Police on Saturday said they have registered an FIR against Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee for allegedly making inflammatory statements during the recently concluded assembly elections.
The FIR was lodged based on a complaint filed by Social activist Rajib Sarkar at Baguiati Police Station in North 24 Parganas district on May 5, a day after the assembly election results were declared, alleging that the TMC national general secretary made provocative comments on post-poll violence and the vote counting process, a senior officer said.
The complainant also claimed that Banerjee's inflammatory comments were linked to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, he said.
"Following due procedure after the filing of the complaint, an FIR was formally registered at the Cyber Crime Police Station under the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate on May 15," the officer said.
The case has been registered under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Representation of the People Act, he said.
The complainant accused Banerjee of delivering inflammatory speeches during several election-related programmes between April 27 and May 3.
“The complainant alleged that certain remarks made during public meetings were provocative in nature and had the potential to disturb public order and communal harmony. The contents are being examined as part of the investigation,” the police officer added.
