Hubballi: The Anti-Corruption Bureau sleuths raided offices and residence of two officials on Thursday.
ACB police attached to Bagalkot raided the office and residence of Ashok Shankarappa Topalkatti, an assistant engineer-2 in the department of rural drinking water supply and santization sub division in Bagalkot.
They also raided a gas agency in his wife Jayalaxmi’s name in Bagalkot’s Navanagar Sector 17 and the the residence in Vidyagiri 8th Cross in Bagalkot, said BS Nemagouda, Superintendent of Police Northern Range.
The Gadag ACB police raided the office and residence of SS Rudresh, project director in Gadag City Urban Development Authority. The team raided his residence in revenue department quarters on Mulgund Road, his office in district administration premises. They also raided his brother SN Mallik’s house in Kodagavalli village in Chitradurga.
Both raids were conducted following complaints that these officials have accumulated wealth more than their known source income.
On Wednesday, the ACB raided the house of Harish alias Huchhappa Kamanna Halepet, assistant secretary, KIADB. They also raided the house of Harish’s friend Pramod Savanur.
Based on a tip-off that Harish owned assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, ACB officials investigated his house at Shambhavi Layout in Keteshwar Nagar, Hubballi. Harish works at the KIADB in Bengaluru. “Another house belonging to his friend Pramod at Medar Oni in Old Hubballi was also raided. Our teams have continued the search,” said BS Nemagouda, superintendent of police, ACB northern range.