Parmesh Jain

A day after the raid and confiscating movable and immovable properties from the 15 government officials across the state,evaluation carried out by the officials of Anti-Corruption Bureau,(ACB),revealed that the amassed wealth by them ranging between 77 per cent to 879 per cent,disproportionate to their known sources of income .

The officials during apart from gold and silver and cash also found documents related to properties and bank records were seized.

While a section of officials began to evaluate the value of seized properties while on other the officials continue to search operations by opening bank lockers belonging to the accused on Thursday.

The estimation was done based on the documents produced by the accused officials and information gathered from various sources.

As per the estimation,Vasudev RN,former Project Director of Nirmithi Kendra in Bangalore Rural District,has assets worth Rs.18,20,63,868,which is 879.53 percent disproportionate to his known sources of income.

The ACB teams had searched six places related to Vasudev and had found documents related to 5 houses and 8 sites in Bengaluru,4 other houses in Sompura of Nelamangala,10.20 acres of agricultural land in Nelamangala and Magadi taluks,850 grams of gold,9.5 kgs of silver,cash Rs.15 lakh,household goods worth Rs.98 lakh.

Junior Engineer,of the Public Works Department, SM Biradar,who had stashed cash in a drainage pipe at his house in Kalaburagi,is allegedly having assets which is 406.17 percent disproportionate to his known sources of income.His assets are valued at Rs.4,15,12,491.

The ACB has estimated that TS Rudreshappa, Joint Director of Agriculture in Gagad,has assets worth Rs.6,65,03,782,which is 400 per cent of disproportionate to his known source income.

While LC Nagaraj,Administrative Officer,Sakala Mission,has assets worth Rs.10,82,07,660,which is disproportionate by 198 per cent,group ‘D’ worker at a BBMP High School,GV Giri, has assets valued at Rs.6,24,03,000,which is 563.85 per cent disproportionate to his known sources of income.

Srinivas.K,Executive Engineer,HLBC-3,KR Pet Sub Division,Mandya District.The investigation against the accused has revealed Rs.3,10,20,826 worth of gold ornaments,Cash,Vehicles,Sites, Buildings,home appliances,Land,Bank Deposits etc.have been found.

When compared to the known sources of income of the accused,illegal assets in excess of,179.37% have been found. The investigation has to be made after getting explanation from the accused.

KS.Lingegowda,Executive Engineer,Smart City, Mangalore City Corporation,Mangalore.The investigation against the accused has revealed Rs.2,03,94,135 worth of gold ornaments,Cash, Vehicles,Sites,Buildings,home appliances,Land, Bank Deposits etc.

When compared to the known sources of income of the accused,illegal assets in excess of, 146.33% have been found.The investigation has to be made after getting explanation from the accused.

Mr. SS.Rajasekhar,Physiotherapist,Government Hospital,Yelahanka,Bangalore City.The investigation against the accused has revealed Rs.1,40,64,000 worth of gold ornaments,Cash, Vehicles,Sites,Buildings,home appliances,Land, Bank Deposits etc.

When compared to the known sources of income of the accused, illegal assets in excess of, 77% have been found.The investigation has to be made after getting explanation from the accused.

Mayanna,First Division Assistant,BBMP Headquarters,N.R.Circle,Bangalore City. The investigation against the accused has revealed Rs.4,92,35,000 worth of gold ornaments,Cash, Vehicles,Sites,Buildings,home appliances,Land, Bank Deposits etc.

When compared to the known sources of income of the accused, illegal assets in excess of, 138% have been found.The investigation has to be made after getting explanation from the accused.

KS.Shivanand,Sub-Registrar(Retired),Bellary District.In connection with him, the investigation made till now reveals Rs.1,37,40,835 worth of gold ornaments,Cash,Vehicles,Sites,Buildings, home appliances,Land, Bank Deposits etc.

When compared to the known sources of income of the accused, illegal assets in excess of, 198% have been found.The investigation has to be made after getting explanation from the accused.

Sadashiva Raiappa Maralingananavar,Senior Motor Inspector,Gokak,Belgaum District.The investigation against the accused has revealed Rs.3,05,05,574 worth of gold ornaments,Cash, Vehicles,Sites,Buildings,home appliances,Land, Bank Deposits etc.

When compared to the known sources of income of the accused, illegal assets in excess of, 190.81% have been found.The investigation has to be made after getting explanation from the accused.

Nathaji Peeraji Patil,Line Mechanic Grade-2, Hescom,Belgaum District.The investigation against the accused has revealed Rs.2,20,69,587 worth of gold ornaments,Cash,Vehicles,Sites, Buildings,home appliances,Land,Bank Deposits etc.

When compared to the known sources of income of the accused, illegal assets in excess of, 141.30% have been found.The investigation has to be made after getting explanation from the accused.

Lakshminarasimhaiah,Revenue Inspector, Kasaba- 2.Doddaballapur Taluk,Bangalore Rural district.The investigation against the accused has revealed Rs.1,83,50,067 worth of gold ornaments,Cash,Vehicles,Sites,Buildings,home appliances,Land, Bank Deposits etc.

When compared to the known sources of income of the accused,illegal assets in excess of, 141.30% have been found.The investigation has to be made after getting explanation from the accused.

Mr.B.Krishna Reddy,Chief Manager,Nandini Milk Products,Bangalore.In connection with him, the investigation made till now reveals Rs. 4,82,03,049 worth of gold ornaments,Cash, Vehicles,Sites,Buildings,home appliances,Land, Bank Deposits etc.

When compared to the known sources of income of the accused, illegal assets in excess of, 305% have been found.The investigation has to be made after getting explanation from the accused.

While the ACB has continued the probe, the accused officials will now have to defend themselves by producing documents and explaining the source of each and every article the ACB has seized during the raid to prove they are innocent a official release by ACB said.

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A diploma in Civil engineering graduate student turned bike lifter arrested by Bandepalya police,10 stolen bikes Worth Rs.15 lakhs recovered

The southeast Division police of Bandepalya police have arrested a diploma in civil engineering graduate from Andhra Pradesh who unable to find a job started stealing bikes from in and around his home town to sell it in the city .

Senior officer told media persons,there was a series of bike theft cases reported in Bandepalya police station limits based on which special teams were pressed into action.

The team who were on lookout for bike lifters in the city and one fine day the bike lifter luck ran out for him when alert Bandepalya police based on a tip off raided a place near Kudlu gate and caught him red handed on tuesday while he was trying to sell a stolen bike from Andhra Pradesh.

Based on his confession the police have recovered 10 bikes worth Rs 15 lakh and cracked 10 bike theft cases reported in and around the city .

During investigation it was found that the accused After selling the bikes,he would steal bikes from city and ride it to his home town and sell there to make good money.

We have alerted the Vijayawada and Tirupathi east police about the accused where he reportedly stolen bikes and sold it in the city .   

The accused has been taken into custody for further investigations to ascertain his network said a senior officer.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East S Murugan DCP Southeast, Srinath Mahadev Joshi,ACP,Pawan,PI,LY Rajesh,PSI,Mahesh P M,and crime staff as,Suresh,Srinivas Babu,Jay Ganesh,Mallikarjun, Somashekar, Mohammed Rafi,Mallesh,Pradip,Nagaraj,and Arun Kumar has been appreciated to nab the notorious bike lifter and for the commendable job done by them a suitable reward will be given to the whole team he added.

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The North Division police of Mahalakshmi Layout police have arrested a conman who posing as a prospective buyer escaped with the cars on the pretext of a test drive and sold them elsewhere.

Senior officer told media persons,based on a complaint filed by car showroom owner on November 8 stating that a person who came to buy car took their car on the pretext of test drive never turned up and escaped with Etios car.

The complaint was registered in Mahalakshmi layout police station a special team was formed by ACP,KS Venkatesh Naidu,under the leadership of PI, Kantharaju HM and his crime team swung into action and after collecting information and analysing CCTV footage in the vicinity the team got the identity of the accused.

Based on technical inputs the police team tracked down the accused identified as Srinivasa and recovered seven cars worth Rs.35 lakh from him.

During investigation the accused spilled the beans and it is revealed that the accused would keep a watch on the advertisement about the car sale and approach the owner on the pretext of buying the vehicle.

He would impress the owners with his charm to gain their confidence.He would then take the car on a test drive alone and escape .

A detailed investigation by the team as so far revealed that the accused Srinivas is a habitual offender having criminal cases in Rajgopalnagar and Doddaballapur police station limits.

The accused is arrested earlier and remanded to judicial custody.After coming out on bail,he started targeting cars on sale and stealing them, said a senior officer.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP West,Soumendhu Mukherjee,DCP North, Vinayak Patil,ACP,KS Venkatesh Naidu,PI,Kantharaju HM, as,PSI,Lepakshmurthi RJ,and crime staff as, Srinivasmurthy,Naresh,Chowdegowda,Abhay Kumar,and Chethan kumar has been appreciated for the exemplary work done by them in nabbing the notorious conman posing as customer would cheat car sellers is now landed in police net and for the commendable job done by them a suitable reward will be given to the whole team he added.

Noted musician Hamsalekha on Thursday appeared before Basavanagudi police for questioning and recorded his statement following a case registered against him over a remark on Pejawar seer.

Two cases have been registered against Hamsalekha in Basavanagudi police a week ago following which the police summoned him for questioning on Thursday.

High drama prevailed in front of the station for sometime after a group belonging to pro-hindu outfit gathered and shouted slogans against Hamsalekha and actor Ahimsa Chetan who came to extend his support to Hamsalekha.

The group also shouted slogans and pro and against Hamsalekha leading to a tense situation for sometime.The Basavanagudi police convinced both the group to maintain peace and not to disturb law and order .

A senior police officer said that an investigation officer recorded the statement of Hamsalekha and he was questioned over the remarks he made during his public speech and recorded his statement.

He clarified that he had no intention to hurt any person or group and he mentioned it according to a situation during his speech.But it is being dragged unnecessary even though I apologised a day later.

As the video clip went viral and snowballed into a controversy on social media,Hamsalekha made a video statement of an unconditional apology and not intent to hurting anyone he added.

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Chief Minister,Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday instructed the Deputy Commissioners to intensify the Covid vaccination drive to improve state’s coverage of 2nd dose vaccination.

Bommai who held a video conference with Deputy Commissioners of the districts to review the progress of Covid vaccination drive said, “state has achieved 90% coverage of first dose and the extent of coverage of second dose stands at 57%.

The second dose coverage should touch 70% by the end of December.”

Bengaluru Urban district tops the list while Kalaburagi is at the bottom.Deputy Commissioners should devote atleast one hour daily for vaccination programme and constitute teams to visit the villages to convince the people to get vaccinated,Bommai instructed.

The Chief Minister cautioned against any complacency in vaccination drive in the backdrop of reduction in Covid cases.

The cases are again on the rise in many countries.We should not give scope for a third wave here,he said.

Bengaluru: With 20 candidates, including JD(S)’ H U Isaq from Kodagu withdrawing their candidature for the legislative council election in Karnataka scheduled next month, there are now a total of 91 candidates in the fray, poll officials said on Friday.

The biennial election to the Karnataka Legislative Council from 20 Local Authorities’ Constituencies for 25 seats, due to retirement of sitting members, will be held on December 10.

Today was the last day for withdrawal of candidature.

Among the 20 candidates who withdrew their candidature, other than JD(S)’ Isaq from Kodagu, rest all were independents.

While four candidates each withdrew in Dakshina Kannada and Bijapur, there were three in Belgaum, two in Shimoga and one each in Dharwad, Tumkur, Bangalore, Raichur, Uttara Kannada, Mysore and Kodagu.

With Isaq withdrawing his candidature from Kodagu, the JD(S), that had fielded only seven candidates, now has only six in the fray. They are- N Appajigowda (Mandya), Anil Kumar R (Tumakuru), C N Manjegowda (Mysuru), Vakkaleri Ramu (Kolar), H M Ramesh Gowda (Bengaluru Rural), Suraj Revanna (Hassan).

The election has been necessitated as the term of office of the 25 MLCs will end on January 5, 2022.

The counting of votes will take place on December 14.

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The raid on BDA offices across the city carried by ACB officials on Friday continued even on Tuesday as the sleuths searched five offices situated across the city and unearthed large scale irregularities.

Over 100 officials formed into several teams carried out the search operation,in the offices including East BDA office, RT Nagar,Vijayanagar, HSR Layout and Banashankari offices and found massive irregularities which caused huge loss to the state exchequer.

According to the officials, in the land acquisition section,the officials and staff have allegedly created fake documents to facilitate rewarding compensation to non deserving persons.

There were huge irregularities while sanctioning CA sites which had been granted in HSR and HBCS layouts were misused.

Despite having the knowledge about the irregularities,despite having information,neither the officials nor the staff have initiated any action against the persons or organizations for violations.

The location of the sites allocated to the beneficiaries have been changed illegally to give them sites in different locations.

Big dimension sites have not been alloted for personal gain and the officials and staff allegedly allowed private parties to encroach to build sheds illegally on these sites.This has caused huge loss to the state exchequer,the probe revealed.

Sites alloted to the land owners after land acquisition process has been granted to the actual beneficiaries,and the officials alloted such sites to others.

corner sites have also been allotted illegally instead of auctioning them as per the rules there are no proper records maintained.

In Kempegowda layout land acquisition compensation has been granted to third parties instead of actual owners.

The search continued at these offices and many persons have filed a complaint to ACB even on Tuesday.The ACB has requested people who have grievances or complaints can approach the ACB.

The ACB officials are probing further to ascertain who are the officials involved in the irregularities says a release by ACB.

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The BBMP Administrator and Additional Chief Secretary to the government of Karnataka Rakesh Singh, BBMP Chief Commissioner, Gaurav Gupta held a meeting with all zonal commissioners,Joint commissioners,Chief engineers of all zones and other officials were present and directed officials to take precautionary measures during the rains in the city and control the flooding.

In the meeting held to discuss the damages due to the incessant rainfall in the city,he said,that in the city precautionary measures should be taken and see to it that no damages occur.In this direction,all officials were directed to work in tandem,he said.

During the rainy season,in the Kaluves,Drains on either sides of the road and in the shoulder drains all the waste should be cleaned and ensure that water flows smoothly.

Due to the digging of the roads,the officials were directed to ensure no mud flows into the drains or the Kaluves and clear it before any mishaps happen.

In the Palike limits,BESCOM,BWSSB should take necessary permissions from the Palike if they have to compulsorily dig the road and after digging,immediately it should be repaired and closed.

After the repair,the Palike officials should assess the spot.In all the wards,on priority basis the work should be taken up,said the administrator to respective zonal engineers who have taken up projects and inspect the same.

Chief Commissioner,Gaurav Gupta said,that during the rainy season,no damages should occur in the roads.

And to ensure no water clogging on the roads and the drains on either sides of the road and shoulder drains should be cleaned and ensure smooth flow of water,he instructed the officials.

In the respective zones,the ward engineers who have taken up projects should ensure that the repair and completion of work is done and inspect the same time to time.

The Bescom and BWSSB shouldn’t dig the road without any permissions from the Palike and do the work unnecessarily.

And if any departments violate,immediate action to be taken against them.Along with that,if the damage is done,the respective departments should take up the repair work and complete it, he said.

After the rain stops in the city,in all zones immediately the road work and filling of potholes to be taken,Also, with the roads which are damaged immediate repair work should be taken. The road repair work should be done in a quality manner, he said.

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PM gets details on damage caused by unseasonal rains in the state

Prime Minister,Narendra Modi and Home Minister,Amit Shah today dialled Karnataka CM,Basavaraj Bommai and sought details of rain-related damages in Bengaluru and the state after a record rainfall this November.

Yesterday, a video of SDRF personnel rescuing apartment dwellers using boats went viral.The visuals portrayed the sorry state of Yelahanka zone in Bengaluru due to heavy flooding.

Chief Minister,Bommai explained the extent of loss of human lives,damage to crops and public property to the Prime Minister.

Modi expressed concern at the havoc caused by flooding.The Prime Minister assured all assistance and cooperation from the centre to take up relief and rehabilitation.Bommai also explained the rescue and relief works being undertaken by the state government.

Union Home Minister,Amit Shah too dialled Bommai and obtained information on the flood situation and relief works.

He expressed regret at the loss of life and damage to crops.Bommai briefed Shah on the relief works being taken up by the state government.

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Chairman of Karnataka Agriculture Price Commission,Hanumanagouda Belagurki submitted the report for the year-2021-22 to Chief Minister,Basavaraj Bommai.

The report would be studied and suitable action would be initiated on the recommendations of the report in the interest of the farmers,Bommai said on the occasion.

The report contains analysis and recommendations on extent of agriculture and horticulture crop cultivation,crop productivity, production cost,transport cost and other aspects of agriculture.

The report has been prepared in association with five Agriculture and Horticulture Universities in the state.

The report has highlighted the ways and means for improving the income of farmers,adoption of integrated farming, boost for rural entrepreneurship,making crop insurance compulsory and farmer-friendly.