Lokayukta allegedly finds irregularities of Rs 20cr at Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries University
Bidar: Lokayukta officials carried out raids at more than 60 places across Karnataka on Wednesday, including 25 places in Bidar under suspicion of irregularities of up to crores of rupees.
The officials raided and inspected the houses of staff members of the Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries University in Bidar on Wednesday morning, based on a complaint filed by a Bengaluru-based person at the Lokayukta Police Station in 2021. The complainant had alleged that misappropriation of funds had taken place here in 2017-19.
The Lokayukta officials are reported to have found that misappropriation of approximately Rs 20 crore had taken place, during inspection of the houses of professors, engineers and other staff members. The officers and personnel of the University were allegedly involved in an illegal purchase of stationery and furniture by striking a deal with a company.
Lokayukta ADGP Manish Kharbikar and IGP Subramanya Rao led the operation on Wednesday.
Similar raids were held by the Lokayukta officials on sites in Bengaluru, Udupi and Chikkamagaluru, among other districts.
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Karnataka HC quashes BJP's defamation case against Rahul Gandhi
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday quashed the defamation proceedings initiated by the BJP against top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
The case was filed in 2023, when BJP was in power in Karnataka, following a "corruption rate card" published by the then opposition Congress to claim large scale irregularities prevailing in the state under the saffron party's rule.
Along with Gandhi, now Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, the BJP had accused the then Karnataka LoP Siddaramaiah and Congress state president D K Shivakumar.
Presently Siddaramaiah is the Chief Minister and Shivakumar is his deputy.
Challenging the defamation case, Gandhi had approached the High Court stating that the continuation of the case would be an abuse of law.
The bench of Justice S Sunil Dutt Yadav allowed the petition.
The complainant said that Rahul Gandhi, Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar had conspired together to defame the BJP government and made baseless allegation and insinuation.
