Karnataka Lokayukta raids recover assets worth over ₹31 crore from eight officials
The Karnataka Lokayukta’s anti‑graft operation recovered assets valued at more than ₹31 crore from eight officials after raiding 35 locations across five districts.
The Karnataka Lokayukta’s anti‑graft operation recovered assets worth over ₹31 crore from eight officials, according to multiple news outlets.
The raids were carried out on June 16, as reported by news.webindia123.com, and involved searches at 35 locations, according to The Hindu. The operation targeted residential premises, offices and relatives' houses of officials booked under disproportionate assets cases, per news.webindia123.com. The raids spanned Bengaluru City, Bengaluru Rural, Davanagere, Kalaburagi and Chikkamagaluru districts, also reported by news.webindia123.com.
Recovered wealth included immovable properties valued at ₹22.73 crore and movable assets worth ₹8.38 crore, as detailed by news.webindia123.com.
Among those investigated, Rajanna S.L., Additional Director of Town Planning at the Karnataka Housing Board in Bengaluru, was found to hold assets worth ₹4.97 crore. Searches at five locations linked to him uncovered three residential sites, two houses, three acres of agricultural land and jewellery worth ₹70 lakh, according to news.webindia123.com. In Kalaburagi, Manik S. Kanakatte, a Public Works Department Superintendent Engineer, was reported to possess assets totaling ₹4.68 crore, per news.webindia123.com.
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