Dharwad: The authorities of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) carried out a raid operation on the house of an Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) of the minor irrigation department and recovered Rs 17.80 lakh in cash on Tuesday.
According to ACB Belagavi division Superintendent of Police Babasaheb S Nemagouda, the team of ACB had received a tip-off that Shivappa Sangappa Manjihal, who is working as AEE in the office of Dharwad Sub Division of Minor Irrigation Department, had kept the money earned by corrupt means in the house of another AEE Prashant Shamrao Sattur and was planning to shift the money.
Dy SP Mahanteshwar Jiddi, inspectors Ali Sheikh, and their team caught one Mahantesh Revanappa Manjihal while he was coming out of Sattur’s house with a bag and on searching found that the bag contained Rs 17 lakh in cash.
When asked, Mahantesh revealed that he was carrying the money to his native Kandaganur in Muddebihal Taluk of Vijayapura district on the instruction of his uncle Shivappa. The ACB officials searched Prashant Sattur’s house and found Rs 1.80 lakh. The team seized a total of Rs 17.80 lakh.
Three persons, including two assistant executive engineers have been taken into custody.
Further investigation is on.
