Lokayukta sleuths in Karnataka raid six govt officials in disproportionate assets case
Bengaluru, Jan 9: Lokayukta sleuths on Tuesday carried out raids on six government officials at about 30 locations in connection with accumulating assets disproportionate to their known sources of income, Lokayukta sources said.
The raids were conducted at the locations of a Panchayat officer, an official in the Karnataka Infrastructure Development Corporation and a joint director in the Town Planning department of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, sources said.
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These raids were carried out in Bengaluru, Chitradurga, Mandya and Ramanagara at the offices, residences and other premises of these officials, they added.
Lokayukta officials have lodged an FIR against the officials whose locations were raided.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
