Overview
- The state approved Rs 25 lakh for the Special Investigation Team that probed Prajwal Revanna, whose August 2025 conviction carried a life sentence with subsequent appeals dismissed.
- DGP M. A. Saleem approved the SIT chief’s proposal to grant the rewards, following a government order that delegated financial authority for disbursal.
- Reports differ on distribution, with The Indian Express citing 30 recipients while The Hindu lists 29 and names senior officers among awardees.
- Separately, Rs 10.02 lakh was sanctioned for 83 Davanagere personnel credited with solving the State Bank of India Nyamati branch robbery from October 2024.
- Investigators arrested the accused and recovered about 17 kg of stolen gold worth roughly Rs 13 crore, including caches traced to a well in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai district.