Overview
- Simultaneous early-morning searches at more than 48 locations targeted 12 officials across Bengaluru, Chitradurga, Davangere, Haveri, Bidar, Udupi, Bagalkote and Hassan.
- Investigators report recovering movable and immovable property valued at around ₹38 crore, with totals subject to verification.
- V. Sumangala, a former school education director, was linked to assets worth about ₹7.32–7.33 crore, and she remains under suspension, according to officials.
- Seized holdings included plots, houses, vehicles, shares, mutual funds, gold bonds and agricultural land, reflecting a mix of alleged disproportionate assets.
- Authorities are verifying documents and initiating Prevention of Corruption Act cases to advance the probe into the named officials from health, transport, agriculture, irrigation, KRIDL, local bodies and food and civil supplies.