Bengaluru, Feb 27: Lokayukta police on Thursday conducted simultaneous raids on 20 places in Bengaluru Rural, Bidar, Chamarajanagar, Kalaburagi and Mysuru and unearthed illegal assets worth Rs 8.4 crore.
The properties raided belong to M G Srinivasa Murthy, account superintendent, Bangalore Development Authority, range forest officer Shashikanth H, office of the joint director of Agriculture, Bidar, medical officer Dr N Karunakar, Government Hospital, T Narasipur, Mysuru, assistant executive engineer Mohammad Haji, Range Office-3, City Corporation, Kalaburagi, project director D B Lingannaiah, deputy commissioner’s office, Mysuru, and office manager S Parvathamma, Mysore City Corporation.
All of them have been booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
According to Lokayukta ADGP Prem Shankar Meena, Murthy, who joined BDA in 1991, draws a monthly salary of Rs 27,300 per month. He has acquired immovable property worth Rs 1.58 crore and movable property worth Rs 71.80 lakh. The total percentage of his disproportionate assets is 180.91 per cent. Shashikanth, who draws a salary of Rs 26,700 per month, owns Rs 1.06-crore worth immovable property and movable property worth Rs 23.52 lakh. The total percentage of illegal assets is 342.05.
Dr N Karunakar draws a monthly salary of Rs 33,600, owns a nursing home, two houses and three plots. His total immovable property is worth Rs 2.73 crore and movable property Rs 3.63 crore. The total percentage of illegal assets is 96.33.
AEE Mohammad Haji, who earns Rs 32,000 per month, has acquired immovable property worth Rs 80 lakh and movable property worth Rs 1.10 crore. The total percentage of illegal assets is 237.84.
Lingannaiah earns Rs 43,200 per month and has acquired immovable property worth Rs 72.16 lakh and movable property of Rs 90.17 lakh. The total percentage of illegal assets is 111.62.
Parvathamma draws a salary of Rs 26,700 per month. She owns immovable property worth Rs 1.34 crore, including a commercial complex, and movable property worth Rs 28.91 lakh. The total percentage of illegal assets is 180.
Lokayukta Joint Commissioner Syed Riyaz said that the bank accounts of persons in question are being scrutinised.