Karnataka High Court Allows Lokayukta Probe Against Revenue Officials to Proceed
The Karnataka High Court dismissed petitions by three Revenue Department officials challenging a Lokayukta police investigation into alleged corruption involving the creation of documents and reassignment of survey numbers for five acres of tank bund land in Navaratna Agrahara village, Bengaluru North taluk. The officials were booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act and IPC sections. They claimed they were not posted at the relevant time and had been exonerated in a departmental inquiry. The court emphasized the need for investigation to clarify allegations of forged signatures and documents.
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Sentiment was consistent across outlets (50–50/100), indicating broadly factual reporting rather than editorialising.
Coverage timeline
deccanherald broke this story on 2 Oct, 09:52 pm. Other outlets followed.
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