<p>Officers whose houses were raided are S Thimmaraju (food inspector, Hoskote), K T Mada Shetty (junior engineer, KRIDL, Bidar), Noor Ahmed Khan (Assistant director, KRIDL, Kittur), Siddarama Ningappa Koganura (AEE, Panchayat Raj Engineering Division, Indi), C K Prasad (Sub Divisional Assistant, Panchayat Raj Engineering Division, Chikmagalur) and Shankara Gowda Anandrayagowda Patil (Assistant Executive Engineer, PMGSY Bijapur).<br />The raids began early in the morning around 6.30 am and went on till evening at Hoskote, Mysore, Bidar, Gulbarga, Indi, Bijapur, Belgaum and Chikmagalur. <br /><br />The sleuths also raided residences of the relatives of accused government officers in different parts of the state. <br /><br />Rs 30 lakh in cash<br /><br />The Lokayukta sleuths were taken aback when they seized Rs 30 lakh cash from the house of the Nataraj, the father-in-law of Mada Shetty in Mysore, who sells pooja items at a temple in Gangotri Layout. They recovered gold ornaments weighing 1.184 kg worth Rs 19.46 lakh and silver ornaments weighing 5.5 kg worth Rs 1.32 lakh from Shetty’s house. <br /><br />“We were shocked to see currency notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denominations along with the gold and silver ornaments in an almirah in Nataraj’s house. Even with a currency counting machine, it took us hours to count the money,” Lokayukta officials said.<br /><br />“During my three years in tenure, this is the first time, I am seeing this much of cash being recovered from one officer,” said ADGP RP Dutta. <br /><br />Thimmaraju own two houses, one a two-storey and the other a four-storey one, costing more than Rs one crore, as also a site at Tavarekere.<br /><br />Siddarama Ningappa Koganura owns 35.27 acres land, a house, a multi-storeyed building and a site. He has Rs 16 lakh in fixed deposit in a bank and has 12 bank accounts.<br /><br />Noor Ahmed Khan has 32.01 acre agriculture land at Santhebennur in Davangere district besides a big two-storeyed building in Dharwad and a house at Santhebennur. He allegedly runs a petrol bunk in his wife’s name.<br /><br />Shankar Anand Gowda Patil has 16.21 land in Bijpur. He owns a house, a commercial complex and sites and a flat in Bangalore. He hold 10 accounts in different banks. <br />C K Prasad joined as a daily wage labour at Panchayat Raj Department in Chikmagalur in 1985 and was regularised in 2007. Long stay at one place helped him carry out corrupt practicses. <br /><br />He has 10.25 acres of land at Bindiga village in Chikmagalur, four sites in Chikmagalur, a commercial complex and a building under construction.<br /><br />The sleuths unearthed revolvers at residences of Shankar Patil and Prasad. There was a bullet at Prasad’s revolver. Including Tuesday’s raid, the anti-corruption unit has raided the houses of 37 corrupt bureaucrats this year. </p>
<p>Officers whose houses were raided are S Thimmaraju (food inspector, Hoskote), K T Mada Shetty (junior engineer, KRIDL, Bidar), Noor Ahmed Khan (Assistant director, KRIDL, Kittur), Siddarama Ningappa Koganura (AEE, Panchayat Raj Engineering Division, Indi), C K Prasad (Sub Divisional Assistant, Panchayat Raj Engineering Division, Chikmagalur) and Shankara Gowda Anandrayagowda Patil (Assistant Executive Engineer, PMGSY Bijapur).<br />The raids began early in the morning around 6.30 am and went on till evening at Hoskote, Mysore, Bidar, Gulbarga, Indi, Bijapur, Belgaum and Chikmagalur. <br /><br />The sleuths also raided residences of the relatives of accused government officers in different parts of the state. <br /><br />Rs 30 lakh in cash<br /><br />The Lokayukta sleuths were taken aback when they seized Rs 30 lakh cash from the house of the Nataraj, the father-in-law of Mada Shetty in Mysore, who sells pooja items at a temple in Gangotri Layout. They recovered gold ornaments weighing 1.184 kg worth Rs 19.46 lakh and silver ornaments weighing 5.5 kg worth Rs 1.32 lakh from Shetty’s house. <br /><br />“We were shocked to see currency notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denominations along with the gold and silver ornaments in an almirah in Nataraj’s house. Even with a currency counting machine, it took us hours to count the money,” Lokayukta officials said.<br /><br />“During my three years in tenure, this is the first time, I am seeing this much of cash being recovered from one officer,” said ADGP RP Dutta. <br /><br />Thimmaraju own two houses, one a two-storey and the other a four-storey one, costing more than Rs one crore, as also a site at Tavarekere.<br /><br />Siddarama Ningappa Koganura owns 35.27 acres land, a house, a multi-storeyed building and a site. He has Rs 16 lakh in fixed deposit in a bank and has 12 bank accounts.<br /><br />Noor Ahmed Khan has 32.01 acre agriculture land at Santhebennur in Davangere district besides a big two-storeyed building in Dharwad and a house at Santhebennur. He allegedly runs a petrol bunk in his wife’s name.<br /><br />Shankar Anand Gowda Patil has 16.21 land in Bijpur. He owns a house, a commercial complex and sites and a flat in Bangalore. He hold 10 accounts in different banks. <br />C K Prasad joined as a daily wage labour at Panchayat Raj Department in Chikmagalur in 1985 and was regularised in 2007. Long stay at one place helped him carry out corrupt practicses. <br /><br />He has 10.25 acres of land at Bindiga village in Chikmagalur, four sites in Chikmagalur, a commercial complex and a building under construction.<br /><br />The sleuths unearthed revolvers at residences of Shankar Patil and Prasad. There was a bullet at Prasad’s revolver. Including Tuesday’s raid, the anti-corruption unit has raided the houses of 37 corrupt bureaucrats this year. </p>
