Bengaluru, April 7 Karnataka Lokayukta officials conducted simultaneous raids on eight government officials across the state on Tuesday as part of an investigation into alleged cases of disproportionate assets, officials said.
According to Lokayukta sources, the raids were carried out in the morning at the residences and offices of at least eight officials serving in different departments and districts, including Kodagu, Bidar, and Mysuru.
Among those searched was I K Puttaswamy, an Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) posted at the Harangi Dam sub-division in the Kodagu district.
In Bidar, searches were conducted against Suresh K L, a retired Finance Controller at the Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU).
Officials said that Shivanna, a Deputy Director in the Fisheries Department in Ballari, was also targeted.
In Mysuru, premises linked to Kiran Kumar, an Assistant Engineer in the Public Works Department, were searched.
In Chitradurga, raids were conducted against Susheelamma, a retired accounts assistant, while in Mangaluru, Babu B N, serving as an Assistant Drug Controller, was among those targeted.
Similarly, in Shivamogga, Shobha K R, a District Officer at the Backward Classes Welfare Department, and Ajay Singh, an Assistant Executive Engineer in the District Urban Development Cell, were also subjected to searches.
"A coordinated operation was launched this morning against multiple officials suspected to have amassed assets disproportionate to their known sources of income," a Lokayukta official said.
"The searches are being carried out at several locations simultaneously and are still in progress," the official added.
