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The Karnataka Lokayukta police searched Thursday morning properties of seven government officials,including the personal secretary to state minister for information technology and biotech S R Patil,for allegedly amassing disproportionate assets.
Additional Director General of Police (Lokayukta) H N Sathyanarayana Rao said 21 properties,including those of Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) officer H V Omkarmurthy in Bangalore and former Bagalkot district treasury chief accountant B B Athani,were raided.
Sources said Athani was now personal secretary to Patil.
The searches were carried out in Bangalore,Bagalkot,Bijapur,Bidar,Chitradurga,Chickmagalur,Hassan and Gulbarga districts.
Based on credible information,our police teams conducted raids and unearthed illegal assets to the tune of Rs 7.5 crore, Rao said. There were,however,no arrests.
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