Bangalore: Lokayukta Officials Unearth Assets Worth Rs 7.85 cr
Bangalore:Jul 2, DHNS: Lokayukta officials on Thursday raided the residences of six government officials across the State and unearthed properties worth about Rs 7.85 crore, disproportionate to their known sources of income.
The officials include Kariyanna, revenue officer, BBMP, Yelahanka, Bangalore; Nagaraj Reddy, village accountant, Panathur village, K R Puram; S H Lakshman, ARTO, Electronic City Transport Office, Bangalore; Eraiah, AE, Zilla Panchayat, Chincholi, Gulbarga district; Buddappa, ARTO, Bellary and Neelakanta Rathod, joint director, Industries and Commerce Department, Gulbarga, the Lokayukta, Justice Santosh Hegde told reporters.
He said Kariyanna owns three commercial buildings, two residential houses and agricultural lands, besides a high-end model car and jewellery. Nagaraj Reddy possesses commercial buildings, sites, residential houses, 20 life insurance policies, one kilogram silver and 232 gram gold jewellery. His bank locker is yet to be opened. S H Lakshman, to his credit, has sites, commercial sites, 38 acre land, two high-end model cars, four bikes and jewellery.
The Lokayukta sleuths found Rs 3.50 lakh deposit in his bank accounts. Eraiah owns lands, farm house, buildings, gold ornaments worth Rs 3.40 lakh and an expensive car. Eraiah’s household articles worth around Rs three lakh. Buddappa has acquired irrigated lands, purchased household articles worth Rs 5 lakh, jewellery worth Rs 11.79 lakh, besides expensive cars and two-wheelers, Hegde added. According to the Lokayukta, Neelakanta Rathod purchased a house for Rs 5.92 lakh in Gulbarga. He spent Rs 35 lakh to renovate his three bedroom house! He has shops and houses, besides one agro-tech fertiliser mixing unit and agricultural lands.
He has taken up a Rs 55.27 lakh project to construct a house at Nagarbhavi in Bangalore. He has invested in 15 LIC policies. His bank accounts are to be verified and one locker in Tamil Nadu Mercantile Bank is yet to be opened, he stated.