Bengaluru, 14 Oct

Lokayukta officials on Tuesday launched simultaneous raids across Karnataka targeting 12 government personnel, including a surveyor from the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), in connection with allegations of disproportionate assets.

The coordinated operations commenced in the early morning hours at various locations associated with the officials being investigated.

Among those who were raided are Jyothi Mary, First Division Assistant at the Department of Health and Family Welfare in Hassan; Dhoolappa, Assistant Director of Agriculture in Kalaburagi; Chandra Kumar, Assistant Director of Agriculture in Chitradurga; and Lakshminarayan P Nayak, Road Transport Officer in Udupi.

The operation also included Manjunath G, a Medical Officer at Mallasandra Maternity Hospital in Bengaluru, and Jagdish Naik, Assistant Executive Engineer at the Karnataka Rural Infrastructure Development Limited (KRIDL) in Davangere.