Bengaluru: The Lokayukta sleuths conducted raids on the houses of 13 government officials including an IAS officer simultaneously on Tuesday, as they possessed assets disproportionate to their known sources of income. The police have unearthed Illegal assets to the tune of around Rs. 14 crore.
Lokayukta police raided the houses of IAS officer and Director of Directorate of Women and Child Development B M Vijaya Shankar, Deputy Secretary of BDA P N Murthy and Executive Director of KSFC Chief Office Laxmappa Bimappa Nilogal in Bengaluru. Murthy was set to retire in just three days.

The raids began early in the morning and were conducted in 14 districts – Bengaluru, Bagalkote, Ballari, Bidar, Chikkaballapur, Chikkamagaluru, Dharwad, Kalaburagi, Koppal, Mandya, Mangaluru, Shivamogga, Tumakuru and Yadgir – in 36 premises belonging to the accused government officials.

Other than the three officials in Bengaluru, raids were conducted on the houses of Dr. G Ramesh Babu (District Health Officer, Ballari), Ashok Kumar Manikappa Akkanna (FDA, Women and Child Development Office, Yadgir), S C Padmaraju (District Programing Officer, Women and Child Development Department, Chikkaballapur), Martanda Shivappa Badiger (Junior Assisant, KIADB, Dharwad), Kashinath Siddaramayya Bidarkar (AEE, Deputy Development Officer, KIADB, Kalaburagi), M S Siddegowda (Village Accountant, Kasaba, Mandya), K N Padmanabha (Junior Engineer, Mulky Town Panchayat, Mangaluru), K S Chandrashekar (AEE, National Highway Authority, NH-13, Sringeri Sub Division, Chikkamagaluru), C Vijayakumar (Revenue Inspector, Kasaba Hobli-2, Taluk Office, Shivamogga), and Thimmaiah (Junior Assistant, Karnataka Food and Civil Supplies Corporation, Tiptur, Tumakuru).

The searches were on till late in the evening. Some bank accounts and lockers are yet to be scrutinised., sources added.

Details of the disproportionate assets (DA) of officials:

1 – P N Murthy: DA worth Rs. 1,54,82,613. Proportion of DA: 218 per cent.

2- B M Vijaya Shankar: DA worth Rs. 3,03,97,861. Proportion of DA: 96 per cent.

3- Dr. G Ramesh Babu: DA worth Rs. 1,25,33,335. Proportion of DA: 121 per cent.

4- Ashok Kumar Manikappa Akkanna: DA worth Rs. 89,15,498. Proportion of DA: 405.25 per cent.

5- S C Padmaraju: DA worth Rs. 2,12,19,064. Proportion of DA: 115 per cent.

6- Martanda Shivappa Badiger: DA worth Rs. 86,05,689. Proportion of DA: 168.73 per cent.

7- Kashinath Siddaramayya Bidarkar: DA worth Rs. 1,15,00,036. Proportion of DA: 185.91 per cent.

8- Laxmappa Bimappa Nilogal: DA worth Rs. 1,16,07,776. Proportion of DA: 136.56 per cent.

9- M S Siddegowda: DA worth Rs. 43,68,629. Proportion of DA: 198.57 per cent.

10- K N Padmanabha: DA worth Rs. 37,58,031. Proportion of DA: 187.9 per cent.

11- K S Chandrashekar: DA worth Rs. 47,90,307. Proportion of DA: 126.06 per cent.

12- C Vijayakumar: DA worth Rs. 32,19,751. Proportion of DA: 97.86 per cent.

13- Thimmaiah: DA worth Rs. 49,75,474. Proportion of DA: 134.83 per cent.