Karnataka: Lokayukta raids places connected to government officials
Belagavi (PTI): The sleuths of Karnataka Lokayukta on Saturday conducted raids at multiple locations across the state, connected to government officials who are accused of amassing assets disproportionate to their known source of income, officials said.
Raids were conducted at seven districts including Belagavi, Bagalkote, Ballari, Udupi, Davanagere, Dharwad and Gadag, a press statement said.
According to the Lokayukta officials, the places raided were connected to Siddalingappa - District Manager at D Devaraj Urs Backward Abhivrudhi Nigama in Belagavi; Shaila Subash Tatrani, First Division Assistant of Grameen Abhivrudhi and Panchyatraj Department in Bagalkote; and Amin Mukthar Ahmed, Superintendent Engineer of PWD in Ballari.
Other government officials who were targetted in the raids are: Ramkrishna, PDO at Grama Panchayat Bada Village, Shiggaon Haveri; Girish Rao, Accountant at MESCOM in Karkala; Gangadhar Shirol, Project Director at Nirmiti Kendra, Gadag; and H Suresh, Chief Engineer of PWD, Communication and Building (N) Zone in Dharwad, the officials added in the statement.
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UP woman found hanging at in-laws' home; family alleges dowry murder
Maharajganj (UP) (PTI): A 29-year-old married woman was found hanging at her in-laws' home here, with her in-laws claiming it was suicide while her mother alleging murder over dowry, police said on Sunday.
According to police, Anukriti (29) had married Manoj Gond six years ago and lived with her in-laws in Mahadeva village.
Her in-laws claimed that she died by suicide after allegedly hanging herself inside a room of the house on Saturday evening, police said.
After receiving information about the incident, a police team reached the spot and sent the body for a post-mortem.
Paniyara police station in-charge Sanjay Kumar Singh said that based on a complaint filed by the woman’s mother, a case was registered on Sunday against her husband Manoj Gond, mother-in-law Punam, father-in-law Sumer Gond, and brother-in-law Munna Gond.
The complainant alleged that Anukriti was being harassed for dowry by in-laws and was murdered over dowry-related demands, Singh said.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
