Lok Ayukta raids accounts and town planning offices of BBMP

The contractors alleged that the CAO's office had not released payments to them.

Two senior officers of the Bruhath Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) were taken into custody by the Lok Ayukta police for allegedly demanding bribes to release payments to contractors. The accused officials have been identified as Kanakaraju, a Chief Accounts Officer (CAO) and Narayanaswamy, an accounts superintendent.

The Lok Ayukta police conducted a raid on the CAO’s office on Tuesday after registering a suo-moto case based on information from some contractors. The police seized many documents from the office.

The contractors alleged that the CAO’s office had not released payments to them. They complained that the CAO was not making payments to the contractors on the basis of pending bills. The CAO and his officers were demanding bribes for releasing payments, the contractors have alleged.

“We have seized many documents from the office of the CAO. It’s head Kanakaraju and his subordinate Narayanaswamy have been taken into custody for further investigation,” an officer from the Lok Ayukta police said. The Lok Ayukta police have also registered a suo-moto case against the Additional Director and Joint Director of Town Planning at the BBMP. A raid was carried out at their offices too on Tuesday. The town planners allegedly sought bribes from the public to sanction plans, to issue commencement certificates and occupancy certificates it has been alleged.

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