Massive Lokayukta raids in state

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Anti-corruption agency Lokayukta on Wednesday raided 60 places linked to 13 State Government officials across Karnataka, official sources said.

The raids are underway at Bengaluru, Bidar, Ramanagara, Uttara Kannada, Udupi, Kodagu, Mysuru and Vijayapura districts.

Properties belonging to Ranganath SP, Chief Engineer, Byatarayanapura & Yelahanka BBMP, Bengaluru; Roopa, Deputy Commissioner, Excise, Udupi; Prakash, Junior Engineer, Karwar; Fayaz Ahmed, Assistant Engineer, Mysuru; Yathish, Panchayat Development Officer, Manchanayakanahalli Gram Panchayat, Bidadi, Ramnagar; Mahesh Chandraiah Hiremath, Range Forest Officer; were searched by the Lokayukta.

Nearly 130 Lokayukta sleuths including 13 Superintendents of Police (SPs), 12 Deputy Superintendents of Police (DySPs) and 25 police inspectors are involved in the raids.