Pramesh Jain
Karnataka ACB raids 9 officials in Disproportionate assets cases;Gold,Cash seized:
Teams of the Anti-Corruption Bureau on Tuesday raided residences and offices of nine officers in connection with disproportionate assets cases at 28 places in 11 districts of Karnataka.
A team of 52 officers and 172 staff of Anti- Corruption Bureau today conducted raids and search related to disproportionate assets against nine officers at 28 places in 11 districts, an official of Karnataka unit of ACB told media persons.
In a massive operation,Anti Corruption Bureau officials,probing a Disproportionate Assets case,conducted raids at the residences and offices of nine government officials across Karnataka including Bengaluru, Belagavi,Chikkaballapura,Mysuru and Yadgir.
The accused government officials are Krishnegowda,Project Director,Nirmiti Kendra, Chikkaballapura,Hanumantha Shivappa Chikkannanavara,Deputy Chief Electrical Inspector,Belagavi circle,Subramanya K Vaddar, Joint Director,Town&Country Planning,Mysuru, Munigopal Raju,Superintendent engineer, CHESCOM,Mysuru,Channaveerappa,First Division Assistant,RTO office,Mysuru South, Lakshmipurum,Raju Pattar,Account officer, GESCOM,Yadgir,Victor Simon,Police Inspector, Bengaluru Metropolitan Task Force,(BMTF),K Subramanyam,Junior Engineer,Assistant Director, Town Planning Office,BBMP,Yelahanka Zone, Bengaluru City and K M Pratham,Deputy Director, Factories and Boilers, Davangere Division.
Among them,Victor Simon has served as a police inspector in various police stations in Bengaluru, most notably at the HSR Layout police station and the Bellandur police station and the ACB has received many complaint against Victor Simon while he was serving as Bellandur police inspector a case was registered in ACB against him under prevention of corruption Act.
Other officials whose houses and offices are being raided are Munigopal Raju,Superintendent engineer,Chescom,Mysuru;Channaveerappa,A first division assistant at an RTO office in Mysuru; Raju Pattar, accounts officer, GESCOM,Yadgir; and K M Pratham,Deputy director,factories and boilers,Davangere Division.
In Bengaluru, teams are searching the residences and office of Victor Simon,police inspector, BMTF, and K Subramanyam,Junior engineer BBMP.
ACB officials have recovered movable and immovable properties as well as gold and silver jewellery.
Senior ACB official said,Simultaneous raids were carried out by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB)on 28 places belonging to nine officers across 11 districts of Karnataka.
After several hours of searches and recovery process,the ACB officials on Tuesday evening unearthed huge disproportionate assets from the residences and the offices of the officials who were being raided, according to an official release.
1.Raju Pattar Accounts officer,GESCOM,Yadgir, had a residential house,two bikes and a car,676 gram of gold valuables,1.3 kgs of silver articles, cash Rs.1.7 lakh,documents pertaining to a nine sites in and around Yadgir town,3.2 acres of agricultural land,deposits worth Rs 31.7 lakh in various bank accounts and Rs 5 lakh worth household items.
2.Krishnegowda,Project Director,Nirmiti Kendra, Chikkaballapura,has two residential house in Chintamani and Kolar,19 residential sites in Bengaluru,Kolar,Chikkaballapura and Chintamani, 24 acres of agricultural land in Shidlaghatta and a poultry farm.
3.Hanumantha Shivappa Chikkannavar,Deputy Chief Electrical Inspector,Belagavi,has a residential house in Belagavi,two apartments, a pent house and four commercial shops having furniture worth Rs 71,75,000.816 grams of gold jewels,6.3 kgs of silver articles,and Rs.1.8 lakh cash at his house.
4.Subramanya K Vaddar,Joint Director,Town and country planning,Mysuru, has residential house in Puttur in Udupi district,206 grams of gold valuables,2.4 kgs of silver articles,Rs.1.3 lakh cash,a car and a bike and Rs 15 lakh worth household articles.
5.Munigopal Raju,Superintendent Engineer, CHESCOM,Mysuru,has a residential house in Mysuru,a flat,six residential sites in and around Mysuru,an apartment in Bengaluru,6.3 acres of agricultural land,three cars and a bike,Rs.2.15 lakh cash,717 grams of gold valuables,16 kgs of silver articles,over 50 files related to office stuffed with cash,Rs.2.4 lakh inside the files,Rs 20 lakh worth household articles.
6.Chanaveerappa,FDA in RTO office,Mysuru,a house in Mandya,another house in Mandya in the name of his wife,two sites at Mandya,34 guntas of agricultural land in Mandya,a car and four bikes,275 grams of gold valuables,1 kg of silver articles,Rs.5 lakh worth insurance policies,Rs. 92,000 cash,13.5 lakh worth household articles.
7.Victor Simon,Police Inspector,BMTF,has one flat at National Games Village,a house in Mysuru,two sites in Mysuru,10 acres of agricultural land in Mysuru,Rs 1 crore worth bonds,500 grams of gold valuables kept in bank locker,22 liters of Rs. 7.26 lakh worth Foreign liquor bottles,a car and Rs 21.6 lakh worth household articles.The family had made many foreign trips which is being probed.
8.K Subramanyam,Junior engineer,Assistant Director Town Planning Office,BBMP,Yelahanka Zone,has a house in Sahakaranagar,a PG accommodation in Whitefield with 33 rooms,four sites in Bengaluru,three cars and a bike,531 grams of gold valuables,8 kgs of silver articles, Rs 1 Crore worth deposits in various banks,Rs 31.9 lakh worth household articles.
9.KM Pratham,Deputy Director,Boilers and Factories Division,Davangere Division,has two houses in Sanjaynagar,Rs 52,000 cash,400 gold valuables,69 grams of silver articles,two cars and two bikes,Rs.25 lakh worth household articles.
The seized movable and immovable properties are subjected to further verification to ascertain their known source.The probe on the bank and other documents is on.
Finally ADGP,Anti Corruption Bureau,ACB, Seemanth Kumar Singh, appreciated SP, Kuldeep Kumar Jain,and other SPs,and staff who has carried a raid the team has done a ground work for almost 1 month to collect details about these officers and today a simultaneous raid was carried out and disproportionate assets as movable and immovable properties has been seized and investigation is under way he added.
