Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Oct 29: The charge of possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income was found to have been provided in the court of the third additional district and sessions court here against an official of Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC). The court handed down a sentence tern of five years apart from levying fine of Rs 35 lac on the concerned.

The official who was found guilty and jailed happens to be SE Manjunatha Swamy (50), assistant town planning officer of the city corporation here.

Based on the allegation that Swamy had amassed wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income, the Mangaluru Lokayukta police had conducted a raid in the year 2007. They also had registered a case against the official. Judge of the third additional district sessions court, B B Jakati, after conducting detailed hearing, came to the conclusion that the charge has been proved. The official will have to undergo five years of simple jail sentence and pay fine as mentioned above. If he fails to remit the fine amount, he will have to remain behind the bars for an additional year.

The then Lokayukta police inspector Prasanna V Raju, had filed the complaint. Lokayukta deputy superintendent of police Sadananda Varnekar, had filed the charge sheet.