Bengaluru/Udupi, Nov 7: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Saturday raided the properties of a civil servant over complaints that the bureaucrat has amassed wealth disproportionate to known source of income.
The search was conducted simultaneously at six properties in the name of Dr B Sudha, Head of Information and Biotechnology department, Karnataka. She was earlier working as a land acquisition officer.
The ACB sleuths raided her house in Koramangala, flat at Yelahanka, Bytarayanapura, office in Shantinagar and Hebrik Tankbatti House in Udupi district.
According to sources, the ACB seized significant quantities of gold, Rs 10 lakh in cash, and an SUV in the raids. The ACB officials who raided her house in Bengaluru said that gold jewellery, and gold coins were found in her residence.
The ACB alleged that Dr Sudha and her husband accepted bribes while settling various land acquisition deals via middlemen.
"We are inspecting her financials and prima facie we have reason to believe that she has more than Rs 1 crore of undisclosed income. The assets she has amassed include five bungalows, gold and unaccounted cash. This is obviously more than what her income can generate," an ACB official, who was part of the search operation said. The ACB, however, did not disclose the exact amount of gold found at her residence.
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