1. Lokayukta police arrest K. R. Puram Tahsildar Ajith Kumar Rai
Lokayukta Police, who had registered a Disproportionate Assets (DA) case and raided the premises linked to K. R. Puram Tahsildar S. Ajith Kumar Rai, arrested him on June 29 after they found a huge cache of property documents in benami names from his premises.
A. Subramanyeshwara Rao, IGP, Lokayukta Police told The Hindu that this was a rare case where the officer raided in a DA case had to be arrested, as they felt his custodial interrogation was necessary. Mr. Rai had earlier been tahsildar of Devanahalli and was suspended in November 2022, for allegedly colluding with encroachers of stormwater drains (SWD) near Rainbow Layout in Hebbagodi, that was flooded due to encroachment. He was demoted and was facing a Departmental Enquiry (DE) in the case.