The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) searched at 80 locations linked to 21 public servants across various departments in Karnataka on June 17. More than 300 officials of the ACB were involved in the searches in connection with complaints of possessing assets disproportionate to known sources of income.
The searches are being carried out in 14 districts of Karnataka and cover officials in Public Works Department, Major and Minor Irrigation Departments, Transport Department, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Departments, among others. In probably a first, two retired officials' residences are also being searched.
One of the officials is B.G. Thimmaiah, Second Divisional Assistant attached to Ajjampura Town Municipal Council in Chikkamagaluru district. The ACB police are searching his residence at Kadur and his father’s residence at Basur village in Kadur taluk, besides his office at Ajjampura. The police have found documents related to residential properties, commercial buildings, cash and jewellery during the search. The ACB team is led by DySP Sunil Kumar, Police Inspectors Vinayak Billava, Anil Rathod and Shyamasundar.
