A complaint has been registered with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Karnataka Lokayukta police against B.S. Prahlad, chief engineer, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), alleging that he received money from a contractor to his wife’s bank account in return for clearing a bill for work done in the civic body.
According to the complaint filed by civic activist S. Bhaskaran, a copy of which has been accessed by The Hindu, the company identified as Sri Lakshmi Constructions transferred ₹70 lakh to the bank account of the spouse of Mr. Prahlad in August 2023, following which in September, the BBMP cleared two pending bills to the tune of ₹3.66 crore pertaining to job codes 006-21-000004 and 006-21-000005 of the company.
The complaint alleged that in one instance, Mr. Prahlad’s wife received ₹70 lakh in her bank account from the account of Sri Lakshmi Construction in August. The development works in ward number 6 (Jakkur) were executed in 2021 and the bills cleared on September 26, 2023.
