Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Jun 10: The third district and sessions court here, on Tuesday June 9, dismissed an anticipatory bail application moved by a former government official. The official is facing a case relating to amassing of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.

Joseph Denis Miranda, who was assistant director of agriculture at Bantwal, has been facing the allegation of having assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. The then Anti Corruption Bureau team had conducted a raid on him on December 1, 2017 and registered a case against him. It also had taken over certain assets and documents relating to the above allegation.

As Miranda is now facing the prospect of getting arrested, he had approached the third district and sessions court here in the special court which investgates Anti Corruption Act cases. The application was dismissed by the judge of the court, B B Jakati, on Tuesday June 9.