Rs 6 crores recovered from home of Karnataka BJP MLA’s son

By PTI

BENGALURU:  The Lokayukta police have recovered Rs six crore money from the home of BJP MLA Madaal Virupakshappa’s son Prashanth Kumar a day after he was caught taking Rs 40 lakh bribe from a contractor.

According to Lokayukta sources, Prashanth, the chief accounts officer of Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board, was caught red-handed on Thursday night whereas accepting a bribe of Rs 40 lakh from a contractor on the Karnataka Soap and Detergent Limited (KSDL) workplace.

Virupakashappa is the chairman of KSDL and Prashanth was allegedly receiving ‘first instalment’ of the bribe on behalf of his father, the Lokayukta sources stated.

The policemen additionally discovered three luggage full of money from the KSDL workplace.

The Lokayukta sleuths raided Prashanth’s home instantly after he was caught and continued their operations on Friday. The Lokayukta sources stated on Friday they recovered Rs six crore in money from Prashanth’s home.

Prashanth was caught taking a bribe from a contractor who had equipped chemical compounds required by the KSDL for cleaning soap and detergent manufacturing. The MLA’s son had demanded Rs 81 lakh and Rs 40 lakh was the primary instalment.

(2/2) He was trapped taking a bribe of Rs 40 lakh yday. House of
MD of K’taka Soap & Detergents Ltd SDL Mahesh M IAS was searched final night time in Banashankari. Nothing a lot discovered, says Lokayukta pic.twitter.com/a1RifKrObT

— S. Lalitha (@Lolita_TNIE) March 3, 2023

The contractor had approached the Lokayukta every week in the past and the entice was laid.

CM says entice proves BJP revived Lokayukta

Meanwhile reacting to the arrest, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai stated the entice was proof that the Lokayukta has been revived to comprise corruption, in contrast to the earlier Congress regime which created a separate anti-corruption bureau aside from the Lokayukta establishment to cowl up their flawed deeds.

Due to the shortage of a powerful Lokayukta previously, many corruption instances throughout the Congress regime may by no means get investigated, Bommai advised reporters in Bengaluru.

“We have repeatedly been saying that we will conduct an impartial probe. Our stand, in this case, is also that the independent Lokayukta institution will carry out an impartial investigation and whoever has done wrong will face action. There is no change in our stand,” Bommai stated.

“All the information and the money found there everything is now with the Lokayukta. Let an independent and justified investigation take place. Our objective is that the truth should come out like whose money it was and for what purpose it was meant,” he added.

Regarding Congress state president D Ok Shivakumar’s assertion that this incident was proof that the present BJP authorities is 40 per cent fee authorities, Bommai stated there have been many corruption fees in opposition to Congress MLAs and ministers however they lined it up by creating the Anti-Corruption Bureau.

He additionally stated many corruption instances throughout the Congress regime have been given to the Lokayukta, which can examine and convey out reality.

Alleging that the Congress MLA and former minister Ok J George had stated within the Karnatkaa Assembly that the ACB ought to proceed, the Chief Minister questioned what his intentions have been.

“Whose side is he (George)? It’s not possible to show off that they were the cleanest people based on this case (Lokayutka trapping MLA’s son). There are many cases against them. Cases are being investigated. We will give all the cases to Lokayukta, which they had covered up,” Bommai stated.

BENGALURU:  The Lokayukta police have recovered Rs six crore money from the home of BJP MLA Madaal Virupakshappa’s son Prashanth Kumar a day after he was caught taking Rs 40 lakh bribe from a contractor.

According to Lokayukta sources, Prashanth, the chief accounts officer of Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board, was caught red-handed on Thursday night whereas accepting a bribe of Rs 40 lakh from a contractor on the Karnataka Soap and Detergent Limited (KSDL) workplace.

Virupakashappa is the chairman of KSDL and Prashanth was allegedly receiving ‘first instalment’ of the bribe on behalf of his father, the Lokayukta sources stated.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

The policemen additionally discovered three luggage full of money from the KSDL workplace.

The Lokayukta sleuths raided Prashanth’s home instantly after he was caught and continued their operations on Friday. The Lokayukta sources stated on Friday they recovered Rs six crore in money from Prashanth’s home.

Prashanth was caught taking a bribe from a contractor who had equipped chemical compounds required by the KSDL for cleaning soap and detergent manufacturing. The MLA’s son had demanded Rs 81 lakh and Rs 40 lakh was the primary instalment.

(2/2) He was trapped taking a bribe of Rs 40 lakh yday. House of
MD of K’taka Soap & Detergents Ltd SDL Mahesh M IAS was searched final night time in Banashankari. Nothing a lot discovered, says Lokayukta pic.twitter.com/a1RifKrObT
— S. Lalitha (@Lolita_TNIE) March 3, 2023
The contractor had approached the Lokayukta every week in the past and the entice was laid.

CM says entice proves BJP revived Lokayukta

Meanwhile reacting to the arrest, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai stated the entice was proof that the Lokayukta has been revived to comprise corruption, in contrast to the earlier Congress regime which created a separate anti-corruption bureau aside from the Lokayukta establishment to cowl up their flawed deeds.

Due to the shortage of a powerful Lokayukta previously, many corruption instances throughout the Congress regime may by no means get investigated, Bommai advised reporters in Bengaluru.

“We have repeatedly been saying that we will conduct an impartial probe. Our stand, in this case, is also that the independent Lokayukta institution will carry out an impartial investigation and whoever has done wrong will face action. There is no change in our stand,” Bommai stated.

“All the information and the money found there everything is now with the Lokayukta. Let an independent and justified investigation take place. Our objective is that the truth should come out like whose money it was and for what purpose it was meant,” he added.

Regarding Congress state president D Ok Shivakumar’s assertion that this incident was proof that the present BJP authorities is 40 per cent fee authorities, Bommai stated there have been many corruption fees in opposition to Congress MLAs and ministers however they lined it up by creating the Anti-Corruption Bureau.

He additionally stated many corruption instances throughout the Congress regime have been given to the Lokayukta, which can examine and convey out reality.

Alleging that the Congress MLA and former minister Ok J George had stated within the Karnatkaa Assembly that the ACB ought to proceed, the Chief Minister questioned what his intentions have been.

“Whose side is he (George)? It’s not possible to show off that they were the cleanest people based on this case (Lokayutka trapping MLA’s son). There are many cases against them. Cases are being investigated. We will give all the cases to Lokayukta, which they had covered up,” Bommai stated.