Lokayukta sleuths raided the house of a police constable on Tuesday and seized assets worth Rs. 35 lakh from him.
The constable has been arrested.
According to the police, the accused, P. Srinivasa, is attached to the City Armed Reserve (CAR). He was working as gunman for Ramanjani, an RTI activist here.
According to the Lokayukta, Srinivas had joined service in 1999, earning Rs. 17 lakh through the years as salary. This was his only source of his income, but in 14 years of service, he had purchased a few acres of land and a couple of sites in his and his mother’s name in Yelahanka, all worth over Rs. 35 lakh. “The property is estimated to be Rs. 35 lakh as per government value and not as per market value, which is several times more,” an official added.
Apart from property documents, the Lokayukta also seized Rs. 1.28 lakh in cash from his house.
A case under Prevention of Corruption Act has been booked against him.
