Lokayukta raid on 10 government officials unearths assets worth crores
Bangalore, Mar 22 (DHNS): The Lokayukta police on Friday raided the residences of 10 government officials across the State, including 26 places in Bangalore.
Additional Director General of Police, Lokayukta H N Satyanarayana Rao said raids were conducted in Srinivasapura (Kolar), Haveri, Srirangapatna (Mandya) and Mudigere (Chikmagalur), besides 26 locations in Bangalore.
The Range Forest Office of Mandya K Ramadas was found to possess a staggering 487 per cent of assets disproportionate to his income. He was found to possess three multistoried buildings in Bangalore and Mandya; a site in Mysore and agricultural lands in Mandya.
S M Basavaraju, a chief engineer at BWSSB in Bangalore, was found to possess more than 2 kg of gold and a residential house in HRBR Layout, a three-storey commercial complex in Sahakara Nagar, a site in Kacharakanahalli and two sites in Mysore.
P B Channabasappa an executive engineer of Chitradurga Zilla Panchayat, had Rs 1.02 crore of disproportionate assets with 18 acres and 4 guntas of agricultural land, seven sites and two houses. Police also raided the premises of Thippeshi M, the Commissioner of Hubli-Dharwad Urban Development Authority, Dharwad, and unearthed disproportionate assets worth 1.36 crore. Police also discovered that Thippeshi had 21 bank accounts. Rao said criminal cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act were registered against the officials on Thursday in the jurisdictional Lokayukta police stations.
Sleuths seized various documents, including bank passbooks, cheque books, share certificates and original papers relating to immovable assets. Rao said that many bank accounts and property documents are still being scrutinised.
* Syed Anwar Islam
Designation: Junior Engineer, ZP Engineering, Sub Division, Srinivasapura, Kolar district
Total : Rs 1.03 crore
Disproportionate assets (DA): Rs 65.03 lakh
DA percentage: 184.76
* K V Sarvesh
Designation: Director, Department of Agriculture
DA percentage: 315
Currency: 3,100 Euros valued at Rs 2.17 lakh
* SM Basavaraju
Designation: Chief engineer, Corporate Planning and Waste Water Management, BWSSB
DA percentage: 166
Gold: 2.24 kgs of gold worth Rs 49.5 lakh
* Rajabhaksha Garibsab Gudugeri
Designation: Asst. Agriculture officer, Watershed department, Hanagal taluk, Haveri district
Total: Rs 91.70 lakh
Disproportionate assets:
Rs 33.85 lakh
DA percentage: 58.52
* Thippeshi M
Designation: Commissioner, Hubli-Dharwad, Urban Development Authority, Dharwad
Total: Rs 2.21 crore
Disproportionate Assets:
Rs 1.36 crore
DA percentage: 160
* Mohammad Yaseen
Designation: Revenue Inspector, Tahsildar office, Haveri
Total: Rs 46.84 lakh
Disproportionate assets:
Rs 31.84 lakh
DA percentage: 212.33
* P B Channabasappa
Designation: Executive Engineer, Zilla Panchayat, Chitradurga
Total: Rs 1.56 crore
Disproportionate Assets:
Rs 1.02 crore
DA percentage: 189.18
* Dr K Jagadeesh
Designation: Resident Medical Officer, District hospital, Chitradurga
Disproportionate Assets:
Rs 98.92 lakh
DA percentage: 198
* K Ramadas
Designation: Range forest officer, Srirangapatna, Mandya district
Total: Rs 1.87 crore
Disproportionate Assets:
Rs 1.55 crore
DA percentage: 486.56
* Channabasappa
Designation: Executive Officer, Taluk Panchayath, Mudigere, Chikmagalur district
Total: Rs 1.12 crore
Disproportionate Assets:
Rs 83.51 lakh
DA percentage: 287.98
Comment on this article
KRPrabhu,
Sat, Mar 23 2013I liked the name of one bandicoot ie.,
RAJABHAKSHA GARIBSAB GUGERI....Perfect naming by his parents... ha..haa. haaa.
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Rion, Udupi
Sat, Mar 23 2013We people of India know these incidents happen daily and caught. Whats the next step now that lokayukta doing? Corrupt will be imprisoned for atleast 15 years after dismissing from their jobs or just a drama ahead of elections?
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simple, Bangalore
Sat, Mar 23 2013Sandesh, Mangalore, Oman
Wishful thinking bread and wine - Happy visions through the night!!!!
I like your dreaming - keep at it.
No one can stop anyone from dreaming!!!
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Sandesh, Mangalore, Oman
Sat, Mar 23 2013So much of wealth, property owned illigaly by corrupt politicians caught by lokayukt for last few years. I think Soon all the poor who do not have a house, will get atleast 3 cents of land for free. And money will be distributed in all the wards where people voted in recent election.
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Amin Bhoja, Patte / Riyadh
Sat, Mar 23 2013Lokayukta is doing it's good job,one cannot unearth the corrupts with any single attempt,be patience be careful and be frequent raids.And it is in the best intrest of this society and a way towards controlling the corrupts and the corruption to an extent.
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simple, Bangalore
Sat, Mar 23 2013Thanks Jani
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JANI,
Sat, Mar 23 2013HELLO SIMPLE, IT IS VERY SIMPLE.
I RECALL ONE INSTANCE OF SMK OUR EX C.M.'S NAME WAS PRESENT IN THE FIRST REPORT OF LOKAYUKTA. AFTER PAYMENT SECOND REPORT CAME OUT BY GIVING CLEAN CHIT. BUT IN BSY'S CASE MAY BE NO PAYMENT AND THERE IS NO WRONG DOING. HENCE NO SECOND REPORT AND NO NEWS AFTERTHAT. OTHERWISE IT COULD BE A NEWS EVERYDAY IF SOME CLUE FOUND.
I HOPE NOW IT IS CLEAR TO YOU. BEING A BANGALOREAN IT IS SIMPLE TO KNOW SUCH THINGS. ULTIMATELY EVERYBODY WANT THEIR SHARE IN THE WRONG DOINGS.
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John, USA
Sat, Mar 23 2013Did I read correctly ? "Properties involved amounted to Rs 1.80 crore for ten government officials". Is lokayukta just targeting small fish ?
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simple, Bangalore
Sat, Mar 23 2013We many time get to read this first raid on various ministers\officials etc etc. But after that what happened to the "income beyond one's means" etc. shady land acquiring deals etc etc.\caught on the spot bribe taking officials
Have they been taken to task? Have the authorities confiscated the ill-gotten wealth? Has anyone sent to jail by the Lokayukta? why that news does not appear anywhere?
I would surely like to know afermath of the raids. News said Easwarappa's premises were raided after that no news.
Just raiding without punishing the wrong doers, has no meaning at all.
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SAHIL, DUBAI
Sat, Mar 23 2013ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ಮಾಡುವುದು ಹೊಟ್ಟೆಗಾಗಿ, ಗೇಣು ಬಟ್ಟೆಗಾಗಿ ಎಂದರು ದಾಸರು. ಹಸಿದಾಗ ಏನಾದರೂ ತಿನ್ನಲೇ ಬೇಕು. ಕೆಲವರು ತಿನ್ನಲಿಕ್ಕಾಗಿಯೇ ಬದುಕುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಮತ್ತೆ ಕೆಲವರು ಬದುಕಬೇಕಲ್ಲಾ ಎಂದು ತಿನ್ನುತ್ತಾರೆ.INNU KELAVARU TENUVA JOTEGE PAPADAVARA,SARAKARADA YELLAVANU NUNGUTARE
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Ganesh, mangalore
Sat, Mar 23 2013Good Job Lokayukta.
Pls. put all corrupt officer in the "Zoo" at least for 15-20 years,
(a) so our children can discover about what they are eating Rice or No. 2.
(b) And all corrupt officers came from mamma’s stomach or from some were else.
if they find guilty pls. publish corrupt officers family photos in the newspaper and TV.
so they can think 100 times before accept black money.
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Leslie fernandes, Brahmagiri, Udupi
Sat, Mar 23 2013JOSSY,
FANTASTIC OBSERVATION AND EXCELLENT THOUGHT.
GOD BLESS YOU MAN.
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Dr Kiran VSA, Udupi
Fri, Mar 22 2013What is the use of these raids ? After sometime these lokayukta and corrupt babus hammer a deal and file is closed. Until public insist on their duties and rights this tamasha will continue. God save our India.
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Ronald M., Bejai
Fri, Mar 22 2013Even spoiled Clock can show correct time 2 times in a day...
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HENRY MISQUITH, Bahrain
Fri, Mar 22 2013Excellent news, you are right Bro. Ismail K. Perinje/KSA.
In Karnataka any amount of raids will remain a news in the news paper on the day of raid and media will make the cake out of it but the wrong doers will remain Scot free on account of political intervention, when will such offenders be booked ? and rigorously punished ? God only knows!!
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Jossey Saldanha, Mangalore/Mapusa/Mumabi
Fri, Mar 22 2013The Clock also says the owner is 420 (picture no. 2)......
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Jacobnelson, Bejai
Fri, Mar 22 2013Jossie your observation and attentiveness is appreciable.
Look like you are an IT guy.
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Jossey Saldanha, Mangalore/Mapusa/Mumabi
Fri, Mar 22 2013Yes and now I am an IT entrepreneur......
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Kishore Kumar, Mangalore/UAE
Fri, Mar 22 2013The Clock may be at Lokayukta office.
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RRR kenya,
Fri, Mar 22 2013Your observation was suburb.Really appreciable. Facts are always facts and says the truth.
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S.M. Nawaz Kukkikatte, udupi
Sat, Mar 23 2013Jossy you rock yaar, Nice observation
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ISMAIL.K.PERINJE, PERINJE-YANBU/KSA
Fri, Mar 22 2013Dear Lokayukta Sleuths,please raid all out going MLAs of this assembly and perhaps you may get hardly two dozens MLAs 'PURE'& 'FREE'!!!More than dozens of brand new HELICOPTERS are booked for Karnataka Assembly election and sky of Karnataka already traffic jammed!!Where these resources coming from?Is Election Code of Conduct not been forced?Individual MLA also hired HELICOPTER!!!!!!Anyways, good to see Lokayukta in action and afterward course of actions are not divulged or disclosed or came to a logical end!!!
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Leslie fernandes, Brahmagiri, Udupi
Fri, Mar 22 2013OFFICIAL PEOPLE,
PLEASE KEEP YOUR OFFICE CLEAN AND NEAT.
KINDLY DO NOT INDULGE IN ACTIVITIES ABOVE YOUR TASK AND JOB.
DO NOT BE CORRUPT AND VEHEMENTLY CARELESS.
MASALA DOSA IS ALSO AVAILABLE CHEAPER........../....
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