Overview
- Lokayukta teams searched more than 29 locations across Bengaluru, Bengaluru Rural, Davangere and Dharwad in disproportionate-assets cases against four officials.
- During six searches tied to KREIS engineer H M Janardhana, investigators recovered ₹1.70 crore in cash from the flat of his associate Sujay Shetty.
- Officials said preliminary checks put Janardhana’s unexplained assets at about ₹4.42 crore, or roughly 216% over known income, pending verification.
- Across the four cases, the Lokayukta reported assets of roughly ₹23.76 crore, with PWD executive engineer Purushotham Das Hegade holding the largest share.
- Provisional tallies listed Hegade at about ₹12.84 crore, with Arjun R H at ₹2.49 crore and Somalingappa Fakkirappa Siddanagoudar at ₹2.64 crore, as document scrutiny and valuations proceed.