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The Karnataka Lokayukta constabulary connected Tuesday conducted simultaneous searches astatine implicit 35 locations crossed the State successful transportation with disproportionate assets (DA) cases registered against 8 authorities officers.
The raids were carried retired astatine the residences, offices and properties of relatives of the accused officials successful Bengaluru city, and Bengaluru Rural, Davangere, Kalaburagi and Chikkamagaluru districts.
According to the Lokayukta, the searches revealed movable and immovable assets collectively valued astatine implicit ₹31.11 crore. The assets see residential houses, sites, cultivation lands, commercialized properties, cash, golden and metallic ornaments, vehicles, slope deposits and different valuables.
Among the officials searched were Rajanna S.L., Additional Director of Town Planning successful the Karnataka Housing Board; Uday Kumar M.B., Assistant Executive Engineer with Bescom; Harshavardhan P.N., Deputy Conservator of Forests; Siddeshwar N. Hebbal, Chief Mechanical Engineer of NWKRTC; Sanna Kenchappa, Superintendent Engineer of KRIDL; Krishna Naik L.A., Secretary of the Bayaluseeme Area Development Board; Manik S. Kanakatte, Superintendent Engineer successful the Public Works Department; and K.S. Mohan, Assistant Conservator of Forests.
The Lokayukta stated that immovable properties worthy astir ₹22.73 crore and movable assets worthy ₹8.38 crore were detected during the searches.
The highest-value assets were allegedly recovered successful the possession of Rajanna S.L., whose properties and valuables were estimated astatine ₹7.10 crore. Manik S. Kanakatte was recovered to person assets worthy astir ₹4.95 crore, portion Harshavardhan P.N. was linked to assets valued astatine astir ₹4.85 crore.
Investigators besides recovered important quantities of cash, golden and metallic ornaments, luxury vehicles and slope deposits from respective locations. In 1 case, officials seized currency worthy ₹37 lakh and golden and metallic ornaments valued astatine implicit ₹1.23 crore.
The Lokayukta constabulary said the searches were portion of ongoing probe into allegations that the officials had amassed wealthiness disproportionate to their known sources of income. Further scrutiny of documents, fiscal records and spot transactions is nether way.
The cognition is among the largest coordinated anti-corruption drives conducted by the Karnataka Lokayukta successful caller months and is expected to pb to further ineligible enactment based connected the grounds collected during the raids.
