Lokayukta raids on eight officials across eight districts

Lokayukta officials on Wednesday carried out simultaneous raids on eight government officials in 20 locations across eight districts and unearthed movables and immovable properties that were disproportionate to their known sources of income.

According to Lokayukta sources, the raids were under way in Bengaluru, Mandya, Bidar, Belagavi, Tumakuru, Gadag, Ballari, and Raichur.

The officials were conducting checks on the properties of Shobha, Joint Commissioner, Bengaluru Transport Department; S.N. Umesh, Health and Family Welfare Officer, Kadur; Ravindra, inspector, Minor Irrigation and Groundwater Development Sub-Division, Bidar; Prakash Sridhar Gaikwad, tahsildhar, Khanapur; S. Raju, retired RTO, Tumakuru; Huchesh alias Huchappa, assistant executive engineer, Gadag municipality; R.H. Lokesh, welfare officer, Backward Class Department, Ballari, and Huliraja, junior engineer (Electric), Raichur.