Lokayukta Police raid houses, offices of 8 govt officials in state, find disproportionate assets
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Bengaluru: Surprise raids were conducted by the Karnataka Lokayukta teams on the houses and offices of eight government officers in various parts of the state on Thursday morning, in relation to disproportion acquisition of assets by the officers.
The sites of two officers in Bengaluru and six officers in Kolar, Tumakuru, Davanagere and Kalaburagi among other places were searched. The police, however, are yet to confiscate or compute any asset belonging to the officers.
Five locations belonging to GS Nagaraju, Statistical Officer of the District Food Safety and Quality Unit, were raided by the Lokayukta Police early Thursday morning. Nagaraju’s house situated in S Nijalingappa Layout in Davanagere city, his father Shanmukhappa’s house, farmhouse, office and also the office of the cooperative society run by the family were raided.
The police team also raided the houses and offices of TD Nanjundappa, Chief Engineer, DPAR (Bengaluru) and HB Kaleshappa, Executive Engineer (Grade 1), Quality Control and Quality Assurance, High Way Engineering (Project East), BBMP Bengaluru.
Lokayukta SP MS Kaulapure, who spoke on the raid over the government officers’ houses and offices on charges of having amassed assets disproportionate to their respective incomes, said that the Lokayukta Police have found gold ornaments, money and other valuables during the raid in the five locations. Further investigation is underway, the senior officer added.
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