Karnataka Lokayukta raid: Lokayukta today (August 17) raided 48 locations across Karnataka, probing charges of alleged corruption by officials. The raids are being carried out at 48 locations since morning including- Bidar, Dharwad, Kodagu, Raichur, Davangere, and Chitradurga.
A former Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) engineer in Davangere, a Constable in Bidar and a sub-district officer in Kodagu are among those who have been raided by the Lokaykta.
Lokayukta officials have also raided a district official in Madikeri district. Searches are ongoing in different parts of Mysore city and district. An audit search at Harangi Reservoir Superintendent Engineer's residence is being carried out.
In Kodagu, the Lokayuta has searched the residence of a district collector in Priyapattana. Raids are also taking place on a Revenue inspector of Mahadevapura division, at his residence at Banashankari, Bengaluru.
Searches are being carried out at a Belgaum corporation Assistant commissioners residence in Dharwad. Officials are verifying documents in his residence. Lokayukta is probing charges of alleged corruption by these officials. These officials face charges of accumulating disproportionate assets.
The officers were conducting raids at the residence of Additional SP of Kodagu, Nanjunde Gowda in Madikeri city. The raids were also conducted on the residence of his father-in-law in Makanahalli village near Periyapatna town and on houses of his relatives in Mysuru city. Sources stated that the Lokayukta officers have seized cash and documents at his residence in Madikeri.
Lokayukta SP Suresh Babu-led team began the raid at 4:00 am. The raid was also conducted on the residence of Assistant Commissioner of Belagavi City Corporation Santhosh Anishettar. The residence of Santhosh is located in Michigan Layout in Dharwad and the officers were looking for crucial documents. He worked at the Hubballi-Dharwad City Corporation earlier.
The raids were also underway at the office and residence of Manjunath Bannikoppa, the Manager of Nirmithi Centre in Koppal,. The officer has allegedly invested in a lodge in Huligi town and the raids were conducted there as well.
The residence of Harangi dam superintendent in Planning Section KK Raghupathy located in Vijayanagar fourth Stage in Mysuru was also raided. The raids are underway and further details are awaited in this regard.
(With agencies inputs)
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