The Lokayukta (Bengaluru Rural) police on Friday filed the charge sheet against former MLC E Krishnappa and the then Block Education Officer (BEO) of Bengaluru Rural Narasimhamurthy in a land encroachment case.
The charge sheet states that Krishnappa, producer of ‘Mungaru Male,’ encroached six guntas of a government school land.
The land on survey number 16/2 is located in Adakamaranahalli in Bengaluru Rural district. One M Bhaskar had filed a complaint with the Lokayukta police in this regard in August 2014.
The investigation revealed that the land was donated by Siddappa and Venkatesh in 1966 to start a government school.
Krishnappa, who lived next to the school, demolished the school building in 2012 and constructed a compound wall enclosing the school property. To quell protests over the demolition, Krishnappa constructed a building on a different property, to which no documents were available, and asked the education department to relocate the school there, the chargesheet states.
“During investigations, we found that the then BEO Narasimhamurthy, was aware of the developments and did not act despite complaints against the demolition. Narasimhamurthy was also the estate officer in charge of government properties. Krishnappa used his political clout to encroach and cover up the scam by constructing a school building at a far way place.
“The block education officer and other officials did not act on the complaints,'' an official said.
The Lokayukta police have pressed charges under sections 13 (1) (c) of Prevention of Corruption Act and section 447 of India Penal Code (IPC) against Krishnappa and Narasimhamurthy.
A senior Lokayukta police official said a report will be sent to the government recommending departmental enquiry against L Krishnappa, a Regional Resource Officer; Kappanna, who is now Education Co-ordinator at the Department of Public Instruction and Radha C R P, who is posted as Department of Public Instruction's, Bengaluru North Zone-4.
Charge sheet against ASI
The Bengaluru Lokayukta (Rural) have filed a charge sheet against Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police attached to Nelamangala rural police station on charges of graft. The accused Mahadevaiah, had demanded a bribe of Rs 23,000 from a car driver Ranganath to release his driving licence and also to submit a favourable report against him.
The Nelamangala rural police had confiscated Ranganath's driving licence after an accident in 2015. When Ranganath approached the police station to get his licence book back, Mahadevaiah had demanded the bribe.
The ASI was caught by the Lokayukta police while accepting the bribe in September 2015. The police officer has been charge-sheeted for offences under section 13 (1) (d) of Prevention of Corruption Act.