Pramesh S Jain,Thomas (Special correspondent)& Yogesh K Porwar
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB )officials on Wednesday raided 18 officials working in various government department across the state and search their houses and offices at 75 places .
The raid was carried on the charges of disproportionate assets to their known source of income and around 100 ACB officials with 300 staff members under the leadership of ADGP,ACB,Seemanth Kumar Singh conducted the raid at multiple locations across state.
Here is a list of the 18 Karnataka government officials being raided by the ACB:
1. Gnanendra Kumar, Additional commissioner, Transport, Bangalore RTO.
2. Rakesh Kumar, Bangalore Development Authority, Town planning.
3. Ramesh Kankatte,RFO,Yadgir district.
4. Basavaraj Shekar Reddy Patil, Executive Engineer, Koujalagi Division, Gokak
5. Basava Kumar S Annigeri, Shirastedar DC office, Gadag.
6. Gopinath Malagi, Project Manager, Nirmiti Kendra, Vijayapura.
7. B K Shivakumar, Additional Director, Industries and commerce, Bengaluru.
8. Shivanand P Sharanappa Khedagi, RFO, Badami.
9. Manjunath,Assistant commissioner,Ramnagar.
10. Srinivas,General Manager,Social welfare Department.
11. Maheshwarappa, District Environmental Officer, Davangere.
12. Krishnan AE, Agricultural Produce & Livestock Market Committee, Haveri.
13. Chaluvaraj, Excise Inspector, Gundlupet Taluk.
14. Girish, Assistant Engineer, National Highway Subdivision.
15. Balakrishna H N, Police Inspector, Vijayanagara Police Station, Mysore.
16. Gavirangappa, Public Works Department, Chikmanglore.
17. Ashok Reddy Patil, Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd., Devadurga, Raichur.
18. Daya Sunder Raju, Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation, Dakshina Kannada.
In Bengaluru,14 residences and offices of three officials were raided and tens of crores of illegal assets including property papers,money,gold,and silver were recovered.
ACB has seized three cars,expensive silk sarees, eight gold necklaces from Bengaluru’s Traffic Safety Department’s Additional Commissioner Gnanendra Kumar.Assets like jewellery,cash,and high-end watches,worth millions were also confiscated.
A large bungalow owned by Rakesh Kumar,an officer of the Urban Development Division of the Bangalore Development Authority has been seized.This bungalow was built by the Taj and is worth crores.
A luxury bungalow in Raichur belonging to engineer Ashok Reddy of Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam has been taken over by ACB.
The officers believe that somebody may have tipped him off about the raid as the items collected were less than what was anticipated.
When ACB officials searched the house,they found jewellery, cash, and silverware hidden in the drums.
Authorities recovered items from a water tank in Girish’s home who worked in National Highway Subdivision in Koppal.
When inquired about the car parked next to the house,Girish said the car was not his.After inspecting the car,it was found that the documents of Girish’s property were found it.
Sivananda Sharanappa,Forest Officer of Badami taluk in Bagalkot district hid gold and silver jewellery in his Khedagi house.
Manjunath AC Ramnagar Farm house and sheep raring shed and 7 Badminton courts Belongs to AC manjunath ramnagar.
More than one kg of jewellery, 4 kg silver items were found.
In addition, money was also found in his relatives’ houses.ACB officials seized documents of deposits of Rs.16 lakh in the bank.
The ACB team of five officers is now busy calculating the total amount since morning.They even found a note counting machine inside the house.Not only that,three kg of sandalwood was also confiscated by ACB officials.
Shivananda now has to provide official documents for the purchase of sandalwood otherwise a case for the illegal acquisition of sandalwood will be filed separately under the Forest Conservation Act.
