Lokayukta sleuths raid locations across Karnataka linked to eight govt officers in DA case
Bengaluru: Lokayukta sleuths on Tuesday carried out raids at multiple locations linked to eight government officers who are accused of amassing wealth disproportionate to their known source of income, official sources said.
In coordinated raids, the sleuths swooped down at the houses, offices, and other locations linked to the accused officers.
The Names of the officers targeted in the raids, according to Lokayukta, are: Prakash, BBMP assistant engineer at Govindraj Nagar in Bengaluru; Dr S Pradeep, Associate Research Director, Organic Farming, Shivamogga; Latha Mani, Accounts officer, Town Municipality, Chikkamagaluru; KG Amarnath, Chief Officer, Town Municipality, Anekal in Bengaluru; Dhruvaraj, Town Police Inspector, Gadag; Ashok Vasanad, engineer, Malaprabha Project, Dharwad; Mallikarjun Alipur, executive engineer, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Kalaburagi.
The Lokayukta sources said Vasanad owned a lavish bungalow in Dharwad. They found gold and silver ornaments from his house during the raid.
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6 held with ganja in JharkhandMedininagar/Godda, Feb 3 (PTI) Six people, including four members of a
Medininagar/Godda (PTI): Six people, including four members of a family, were arrested with 17.50 kg ganja from two districts of Jharkhand, police said on Tuesday.
In Palamu, four people, including three women, were apprehended with 8.6 kg ganja, they said.
Acting on a tip-off, a police team made the arrests from a house in Madhushala Colony on Monday, an officer said.
The estimated market value of the seized ganja is around Rs 6 lakh, SP Reeshma Ramesan said.
In Jharkhand’s Godda district, two persons were arrested with a total of 8.94 kg ganja worth around Rs 6.10 lakh from Amjora village under Mahagama police station limits following a raid, SDPO Chandrasekhar Azad said.
