Koppal: Lokayukta Police raid office, house, other property owned by KIMS officer B Kallesha
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.
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HN Valley Project water purification: Chikkaballapur bandh receives moderate response
Chikkaballapur: The bandh called for Sunday by organizations demanding the authorities to undertake third round of purification of water under the HN Valley Project received moderate response from the locals.
Members of the Permanent Irrigation Struggle Committee, pro-Kannada organizations and various farmers’ organizations complained that the state government has taken no decision on the issue related to the project related to the supply of water from the Hebbal-Nagawara lakes of Bengaluru to the lakes in Chikkaballapur.
Shop owners stayed their business keeping their stores closed for the day in support of the bandh. Traffic movement went on as normal. Police security was beefed up for the day to prevent any untoward incident amid the protest.
The members of Jeevajala Jagruti Vedike led a procession in town and shouted slogans demanding purification of water under the project.
BJP leader Sandeep Reddy, who spoke on the occasion, criticized the state government for taking no initiative to provide pure water and demanded the start of purification of water immediately.
