The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday conducted raids against 18 government officials in the State who are under the scanner for allegedly amassing wealth disproportionate to their known sources of income. A team of around 100 ACB officials with 300 staff members turned up at 75 locations in ten districts, including in Bengaluru, Raichur and Gadag, to search the residences and offices of the officials.
ACB officials have seized property, gold, vehicles, cash, documents and other valuable items for further evaluation. Among the items seized were a note-counting machine and 3.17 kg of sandalwood from Badami range forest officer Shivananda Khedagi in the district headquarters town of Bagalkot.
During the raids conducted at the residences and offices of C. Manjunath, KAS, Assistant Commissioner, Ramanagaram, district, the ACB found that he owned seven badminton courts in Byatarayanapura in Yelahanka.
