Lokayukta raids revenue offices in khata bribery case

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The Karnataka Lokayukta conducted raids connected the offices of the Special Tahsildar, South Taluk, and the Assistant Commissioner, South sub-division, aft a Kengeri nonmigratory alleged that Revenue Department officials demanded a bribe to transportation the khata of onshore she had legally purchased.

According to the complaint, Rekha purchased 2 acres and 20 guntas of onshore successful Kengeri colony from Saraswathi done a registered merchantability deed executed connected December 11, 2014. She subsequently applied for a khata transportation successful her name, but officials demanded a bribe to process the application. When she refused, the officers allegedly declined to transportation the khata, claiming that the archetypal documents related to the onshore were missing from the gross records.

Rekha further alleged that khatas for the aforesaid survey fig had been transferred to different individuals, and lone her exertion was stalled due to the fact that she did not wage a bribe.

The Lokayukta issued hunt warrants to the Deputy Superintendent of Police of Lokayukta, directing a hunt of the Revenue offices concerned. The constabulary conducted searches successful some offices, wherever they recovered the onshore record pertaining to Survey No. 121. The record was seized for investigation.

The Lokayukta officials said further enquiry was nether mode and indicated that further irregularities wrong the Tahsildar’s bureau whitethorn aboveground arsenic the probe progresses.

Published - November 29, 2025 01:20 americium IST

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