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The Hindu Bureau

Lokayukta raids against officials in Karnataka

Lokayukta police are raiding multiple government officials and registering Disproportionate Assets cases. Raids are under way in Bengaluru, Shivamogga, Chitradurga, Kolar and Bidar districts, sources said.

In Bengaluru, raids were on against Gangadharaiah, Assistant Director, Town Planning, Yelahanka zone, BBMP.

Income Tax raid on former MLA

In Belthangady in Dakshina Kannada district, income tax sleuths searched the premises of former Minister K. Gangadhara Gowda and his son Ranjan G. Gowda, who is president of the Congress unit in Belthangady. The search comes in the midst of campaigning for the Karnataka Assembly elections, scheduled on May 10.

The sleuths are searching the houses of the two leaders in Belthangady, and in the nearby Indabettu village. They are also searching the premises of Prasanna Education Trust, through which Mr. Gangadhara Gowda and Mr. Ranjan Gowda run a host of educational institutions.

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