The Lokayukta police was in for a surprise when it raided a peon employed with the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike on Thursday. The police team recovered properties worth Rs 2 crore from the peon. The police found that the peon owned six houses and five plots of land, one of them spreading across two acres, in prime areas in and around Bangalore. ...
06:12 PM, Mar 14, 2013
New Delhi: The Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta police on Saturday raided the residence of a senior IPS officer and found cash and jewellery worth crores. The police reportedly recovered nearly Rs 25 crore worth of cash and jewellery from the Sagar and Bhopal residences of Umesh Gandhi, DIG, Prisons. Lokayukta inspector Naveen Avasthi said, "Around 25 crore worth wealth has been recovered. Various papers of the allotted land has been recovered....
01:33 PM, Nov 03, 2012
Bangalore: The High Court on Friday ordered issuance of notice to complainant and JD (S) leader Y S V Datta and Lokayukta police in connection with the petition filed by former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa to quash the complaint against him filed by Datta. Datta had alleged that irregularities were committed in allotting tender in upper Bhadra project on September 5, 2011. Hearing the petition, Justice Nagmohan Das also...
11:39 AM, Sep 22, 2012
Bangalore: Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa will stay in hospital for another 24 hours while his lawyers will seek a bail for him on Monday. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was arrested on Saturday and sent to judicial custody for seven days by a special Lokayukta court in connection with two cases of denotifying government land. However, Yeddyurappa's stay in jail was cut short early on Saturday morning...
08:33 AM, Oct 17, 2011
Bangalore: Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa was on Saturday put behind bars in a land denotification scam. He evaded arrest by the police and instead surrendered before Lokayukta court, following which, Yeddyurappa was remanded to judicial custody till October 22. The land scam was once dismissed by Yeddyurappa as a frivolous charge against him. The BJP leader, who is known for his grit and survival skills, is now...
09:50 PM, Oct 15, 2011
Bangalore: Former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on Saturday surrendered in front of a sessions court judge after the Lokayukta court rejected his bail plea and issued arrest warrant against him. Following his surrender, Yeddyurappa was remanded to judicial custody till October 22 and sent to the Bangalore Central Jail. The Lokaykta police earlier went to his residence to drop the warrant, but were unable to meet the Bharatiya...
05:06 PM, Oct 15, 2011
Bangalore: The Lokayukta police was on Saturday unable to meet former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa when they went to his residence to drop the arrest warrant against him. According to reports, there was no clue on the whereabouts of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, and all his secretaries have switched off their mobile phones. Earlier on Saturday, the Lokayukta Court rejected Yeddyurappas bail plea and issued arrest warrant...
04:17 PM, Oct 15, 2011
