Lokayukta police raids 12 government officials in disproportionate assets cases

Bengaluru: The Karnataka Lokayukta police on Tuesday morning raided 12 government officers in different parts of the state, including Bengaluru, in connection with disproportionate assets cases.

List of the 12 officers suspended.

Among the searched were V Sumangala, director, Karnataka Board of Secondary Education, N K Gangamari Gowda, surveyor, special land acquisition office-2 (BMRCL), Jyothi Mary, Health and family welfare department; Dhoolappa, Agriculture department; Chandra Kumar, Agriculture department; Lakshminarayan P Nayak, Transport department; Manjunath G, Mallasandra Maternity Hospital; Jagdish Naik, KRIDL; Ashok, Rannebennur Taluk; Basavesh, Taluk Panchayat Savanur Taluk; Chetan, AEE Almatti Baladande Canal; B S Naduvinmani, KF&CSC, Davangere.

Raids are currently underway in eight districts, including Haveri, Davangere, Hassan and Kalaburgi.

Details of the seizures and recoveries are awaited.