Corruption ‘mukt'(free) governance in a double engine ‘sarkar’ (big news short takes)
Mobilenews24x7 Bureau
In politics what is being claimed to be true is like ‘all that glitters is not gold’. The clamour about so and so ‘mukt. (free) governance frittering away before what happens on the ground. Regardless of which ever party is in power.
Now lets take the example of poll-bound Karnataka, one can scratch the upper scales of the asphalt to expose the chinks underneath.
The biggest joke: Double Engine Sarkar and Corruption-Mukt India!
The Karnataka officers under trouble are not very high ranking.
Findings show, one fellow owns 14 flats!
*If they can amass soooo much, just think of the higher ups and PayTM!*
And this all is official and should not much eyebrows.
One of the largest recovery of cash was made from the residence of Gangadharaiah K.L., Assistant Director, Town Planning, Yelahanka Zone, BBMP. *The Lokayukta police recovered ₹1,47,16,000, USD 10,298, Dubai Dirham 1180, and Egypt Pound 35 from the premises linked to him. The police also found that he owned 14 flats in and around Yelahanka. Whopping!
The other officers raided have been identified as T. Hanumantharaya, Assistant Executive Engineer, Storm Water Drains division, Bommanahalli Zone, BBMP; Hussain Saab, Executive Engineer, Gescom, Ballari; Suresh Meda, Executive Engineer, Minor Irrigation Department, Bidar; Vijayakumara Swamy, Deputy Tahsildar, Mudabi Nadakacheri, Basavakalyan, Bidar; I.M. Nagaraj, DCF (retd); N.J. Nagaraj, Tahsildar, Holalkere taluk, and Venkateshappa, Executive Officer, Banagrpet Taluk Office, Kolar.
The police said that a huge cache of incriminating documents relating to the assets of these individual officers has been recovered during the raids, apart from cash, gold jewellery and silver articles.
Inputs from The Hindu
