Lokayukta raid on sub-registrar, other officials in Belagavi

The Lokayukta police raided the premises linked to seven government officers across the State in five districts — Bengaluru, Belagavi, Bagalkot, Chitradurga, and Raichur — on Friday and registered disproportionate assets (DA) cases against them. Raids were conducted on 27 premises linked to the officers.

The officers raided were Madhav Rao, assistant executive engineer, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike; T.K. Ramesh, deputy secretary, Bengaluru Rural Zilla Panchayat; K.C.

Shashidhar, manager, District Backward Classes Welfare Department, Chitradurga; Sachin Basavant Manded, first division assistant, Sub-Registrar’s office, Belagavi; Sanjay Annappa Durgannavar, veterinary inspector, Raibagh taluk, Belagavi; Shivalingaiah Panchaksharaiah Hiremath, panchayat development officer, Hulageri Gram Panchayat, Badami taluk, Bagalkot; and Narasinga Rao Gujjar, assistant account officer, Raichur Zilla Panchayat.