Bengaluru: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has given a clean chit to Chief Minister Siddharamaiah in the expensive Hublot watch case without recording his statement, alleged complainant Nataraj Sharma, who is also an advocate. It has not been revealed when the watch was purchased by Girish Chandra Varma before he gifted it to CM. If…
Illegal land sanction: ACB registers FIR against former Dy.CM R. Ashok
January 10, 2018Bengaluru: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered an FIR against senior BJP leader and former Deputy CM R. Ashok on charges of illegal allocation of land, when he headed the Bengaluru South Taluk Bagair Hukum Land Regularisation Committee from 1998 to 2006. The FIR states that R. Ashok is one of the main beneficiaries…
Two KHB engineers among five arrested by ACB
December 20, 2017Mysuru: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) yesterday arrested five persons including two engineers of Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) on charges of grave irregularities while purchasing land for a housing project at Yelwal Hobli in the taluk. The arrested are Assistant Executive Engineer M.B. Somashekar, Assistant Engineer M. Mahesh and three middlemen — Jnaneshwar and Vijaykumar, both…
Karnataka Housing Board land acquisition scam: ACB to takeover probe from Lokayukta
December 19, 2017Mysuru: The State Government has handed over the Lokayukta probe into the alleged scam over acquisition of land for Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) projects in three villages of Yelwal hobli in the taluk, to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). Following complaints of massive irregularities by officials and middlemen in the acquisition of 81 acres of land…
Dr. Shivaram Karanth Layout De-notification case: ACB withdraws notice issued to BSY
August 23, 2017Bengaluru: In a temporary relief to former CM and State BJP President B.S. Yeddyurappa in the Dr. Shivaram Karanth Layout alleged de-notification case, the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has withdrawn the notice issued to him to appear before it on Aug. 24. The High Court today, heard the petition filed by Yeddyurappa seeking quashing of…
BJP delegation meets Governor, demands sacking of State Government
August 21, 2017Bengaluru: Accusing the Siddharamaiah Government of misusing the ACB (Anti Corruption Bureau) to target Opposition leaders, with the ACB registering two FIRs against State BJP Chief B.S. Yeddyurappa in connection with alleged de-notification of land for Shivarama Karanth Layout in Bengaluru, a BJP delegation met Governor Vajubhai R. Vala at Rajbhavan here this morning to…
BJP alleges misuse of ACB by Congress Government
August 21, 2017Mysuru: About 50 members of District Unit of BJP staged a protest at Gandhi Square here this morning alleging that the State Congress Government was misusing the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for ulterior motives. Spearheading the stir, District BJP President M. Shivanna alleged that the Government was deliberately implicating former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa in the…
KAS officer claims ACB forced him to testify against Yeddyurappa
August 20, 2017Bengaluru: In a new twist to the Shivarama Karanth Layout land denotification scam in which State BJP President B.S. Yeddyurappa has been booked by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), a KAS officer, alleged yesterday that the ACB Police tried to arm twist him into implicating former CM Yeddyurappa. In letters written to Governor Vajubhai R. Vala,…
DDPU Jayaprakash suspended
July 5, 2017Mysuru: The Deputy Director of Pre-University (DDPU) Board Jayaprakash who was caught red-handed by the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB), while accepting a bribe from a private college for renewing licence, has been suspended and jailed. The Primary and Secondary Education Department Additional Chief Secretary Ajay Seth has issued an order suspending Jayaprakash, pending enquiry. In…
Due to retire in a month, DDPU trapped while accepting bribe
July 4, 2017Mysuru: The Deputy Director of Pre-University (DDPU) Board, Mysuru, the highest officer of the district for PU Education, was caught red-handed yesterday by Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths while taking bribe from a private college to renew licence. The officer, Jayaprakash, was supposed to retire this month-end and he had demanded Rupees two-and-a-half-lakh as bribe…
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