Bangalore: Lokayukta Police Raid BJP MLA’s House
Daijiworld Media Network – Bangalore (SP)
Bangalore, Dec 19: The Lokayukta police on Monday December 19 morning, raided the residence of Yelahanka MLA, S R Vishwanath here.
Vishwanath, a BJP legislator, represents Yelahanka constituency, which is a part of Bangalore North district and falls within Chickballapur Lok Sabha constituency.
The raid was conducted in tune with the order of the Lokayukta court here. Superintendent of police, Shivashankar, and deputy superintendent of police, Girish, led a team of officials.
The Lokayukta court had ordered investigation into a private complaint filed with it, which had accused Vishwanath of amassing assets which are grossly disproportionate to his known sources of income.
More details will be known after the conclusion of the raid, which may continue till evening. The raiding party is verifying details of assets owned by the MLA, documents, valuables, accounts etc of the legislator at present.