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Time of India
6 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
Supervisor arrested for demanding 6k bribe
Indore: Lokayukta police on Tuesday arrested a supervisor for demanding a bribe of Rs 6,000 from a self-help group providing food in Anganwadi for releasing a payment in Kukshi of Dhar district. Lokayukta officials said that the complainant, Sushila Baghel, wife of Gangaram Baghel, is the director of the Radhakrishna Self-Help Group based in village Bhamori, tehsil Kukshi, district Dhar. She ran the self-help group for the past six years. The group is responsible for preparing and distributing mid-day meals for children at the Anganwadi centres. For this, the govt allocates Rs 9,000 per month to the group, which is disbursed by the Women and Child Development Department. In her complaint, she claimed that the accused, Pushpa Benal, 55, who serves as a supervisor and holds the additional charge of Project Officer in the Women and Child Development Department, Bagh, demanded a bribe of Rs 6,000 in exchange for releasing the payment for March and April 2025, and for facilitating the payment for May. Following this, the complainant approached SP Rajesh Sahay in Indore. Upon verification, the complaint was found to be true. A trap team was then formed, and on Tuesday, the Lokayukta team caught Pushpa Benal red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 4,000 from the complainant. Legal action under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act was taken against the accused.
New Indian Express
3 days ago
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Lokayukta police raid seven officials, unearth assets worth Rs 24.47 crore in Bengaluru
BENGALURU: The Lokayukta police have raided seven government officials in different parts of the state and unearthed assets worth Rs 24.47 crore disproportionate to their known sources of income. A superintendent engineer in Ballari was found owning 31 sites worth Rs 5.71 crore. A first division assistant in Bagalkot was found having assets worth Rs 2.93 crore. The Lokayukta police raided 33 places belonging to the seven officials in Belagavi, Bagalkot, Ballari, Davanagere, Udupi, Gadag and Dharwad. In Belagavi, Siddalingappa Ningappa Banasi, district manager, D Devaraj Urs Backward Classes Development Corporation Limited, was found possessing assets worth Rs 1.48 crore. They included immovable assets comprising 4 sites and 1 house valued at Rs 1.02 crore and movable assets valued at Rs 45.42 lakh, which included ornaments worth Rs 34.64 lakh. Shrishail Subhash Tatrani, first division assistant, local audit office, Bagalkot district, was found owning assets worth Rs 2.93 crore. They included immovable assets valued at Rs 2.27 crore comprising 3 sites, 6 houses, 6 acres and 38 guntas agricultural land and movable assets valued at Rs 66.61 lakh, including vehicles valued at Rs 45.60 lakh and ornaments worth Rs 21.01 lakh. Amin Muktar, superintendent engineer, Public Works Department, Ballari, was found owning assets worth Rs 7.32 crore. They included immovable assets valued at Rs 5.71 crore comprising 31 sites, 2 houses, 5 acres and 30 guntas of agricultural land and movable assets valued at Rs 1.61 crore, including Rs 25.49 lakh cash, and ornaments worth Rs 79 lakh.
Time of India
3 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Lokayukta raids govt officials, unearths assets worth crores
Dharwad: Lokayukta police raided the house, office, and govt quarters of the PWD (north circle) chief engineer H Suresh in Dharwad and Hanuman Nagar in Belagavi Saturday morning and unearthed disproportionate assets amounting to 153.5%. The raid was held simultaneously at seven locations, including his house, farmhouse and office. Dharwad Lokayukta SP Hanumantharaya said the officer owns two housing plots valued at Rs 13.4 lakh, six commercial complexes valued at Rs 50.5 lakh, two houses (Rs 2.6 crore), 11.3 acres of agricultural land valued at Rs 35.4 lakh, Rs 76,000 in cash, fixed deposits of Rs 1.7 crore in various banks, gold ornaments weighing 245 grams (Rs 21 lakh), 2,499g silver (Rs 2.3 lakh), two luxury cars (Rs 26 lakh), furnitures worth Rs 25 lakh-taking the total value of assets to Rs 3.3 crore which is 153.54% disproportionate to his known income source. The raid was conducted by the Lokayukta police team led by SP CH Hanumantharaya. The Lokayukta sleuths also raided several premises of Gangadhar Veerayya Shirol, project director, Nirmithi Kendra, Gadag and unearthed disproportionate assets worth Rs 3.5 crore which is186.9% of his known sources of income. Lokayukta SP Hanumantharaya said the team recovered documents pertaining to four sites valued at Rs 25.5 lakh, seven houses (two own, five benami) worth Rs 2.3 crore, 3 acres and 29 guntas of agricultural land worth Rs 13 lakh, 307g of gold worth Rs 23.8 lakh, 3717g of silver worth Rs 3.7 lakh, one Innova car and two two-wheelers valued at Rs 12.3 lakh. Shirol also owns furniture worth Rs 5 cash seized during the raid and the bank deposits amounted to Rs 21.5 lakh, the SP informed.
Mint
4 days ago
- Politics
- Mint
Karnataka: Lokayukta conducts raids on officials, engineers of various departments in Belagavi
Lokayukta on Saturday conducted raids on officials and engineers of various departments in Karnataka's Belagavi. This comes after an raid on January 31 that included Sub-Registrar of Anagol in the district Sachin Munded and veterinary doctor Sanjay Durgannanavar. Lokayukta Superintendent of Police Hanumantaraya-led team had raided in three locations, namely Anigol, Bellad Bagewadi and Harugeri. Raids were conducted at several properties from Raibag Taluk. Both officials were under investigation for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income, reports said. Manded was under scrutiny over allegations of illegal wealth accumulation. Likewise, Sanjay Annappa Durgannavar, a Veterinary Inspector with the Veterinary Department, was subjected to a raid at his residence in Raibag Taluk. Lokayukta officials were examining documents at both residences in an effort to uncover evidence of corruption. Following the Enforcement Directorate's action in the MUDA scam involving Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, State BJP President BY Vijayendra had hailed it as a 'major victory', stating that the ED investigation revealed "significant corruption" linked to the Chief Minister. The ED attached 142 immovable properties worth ₹ 300 crore in connection with the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) case involving Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and others. The ED's Bangalore Zonal Office carried out the attachment under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. According to the ED, the properties are registered under the names of various individuals operating as real estate businessmen and agents. It had launched its investigation based on a First Information Report (FIR) filed by the Lokayukta Police in Mysuru, invoking various sections of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, against Siddaramaiah and others. Additionally, a Special Court in Bengaluru directed the Karnataka Lokayukta to investigate Siddaramaiah over allegations of irregularities in the allotment of 14 sites valued at ₹ 56 crore to his wife, Parvathi, by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority. According to reports, Siddaramaiah is accused of leveraging his political influence to secure compensation in the form of 14 sites in his wife BM Parvathi's name, in exchange for three acres and 16 guntas of land acquired by MUDA. The land was originally acquired by MUDA for ₹ 3,24,700, while the compensation, 14 sites located in a prime locality, is estimated to be worth approximately ₹ 56 crore.
Time of India
4 days ago
- Time of India
Govt official booked in bribery case
Mangaluru: The Karnataka Lokayukta Mangaluru division filed a case against an official from the department of legal metrology for attempting to offer a bribe to the station officer at the Mangaluru Lokayukta. Kumarachandra, superintendent of police (in-charge), Lokayukta, stated that when the complainant, a police inspector at the Karnataka Lokayukta in Mangaluru was on duty at the Mangaluru Lokayukta police station around 11.15 am on Friday, Praveen Naik, owner of Prashanth Oil Industries, and Gajendra V Edake, assistant controller at the department of legal metrology, came to the station. They informed the station staff that they needed to provide information to the police inspector. Gajendra then spoke to the inspector, requesting that no cases be filed or raids conducted against him or his department by the Lokayukta. He offered a bribe of Rs 25,000 every three months to the Lokayukta station. Following this, a case was registered against Gajendra at the Mangaluru Lokayukta police station. The SP said that the officer, who attempted to offer a bribe to the station officer, was taken into custody for investigation. Lokayukta deputy superintendents of police Gana P Kumar, Suresh Kumar P, inspectors Bharati G and Chandrashekhar KN were part of the operation.
