Parmesh S Jain
In one of the major operation,Lokayukta officials on Thursday conducted simultaneous raids on the 21 offices of the sub registrars situated in and around Bengaluru.
Lokayukta police seized Rs.9,72,294 unaccounted money in 14 sub-registrar offices during simultaneous surprise inspections at 21 offices in Bengaluru Urban,Bengaluru Rural and Ramanagara districts.
Based on a discrete information to Lokayukta Justice,BS Patil on the rampant corruption,several teams led by ADGP, Prashanth Kumar Thakur, Superintendent of Police,AShok KV and Anjali KP along with 150 officials,raided 14 sub registrar offices in Bengaluru,five sub registrar offices in the outskirts of the city and two offices in Ramanagar and Kanakapura town.
The officials seized unaccounted cash worth several lakhs and other documents and recorded the statement of the staff members .
Notices have been issued to the officials concerned seeking explanation about the source of the unaccounted cash seized based on which further action will be initiated,official sources said .
FIRs have also been registered against the officials for their collusion with the middlemen in the alleged corrupt practices .
