House of BBMP officer who took Rs 20 lakh bribe raided by ACB

Bengaluru: House of a BBMP official who was caught red-handed taking a Rs 20 lakh bribe last month was raided by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials on Tuesday, March 2.

ACB sleuths swooped down on the residence of S N Devendrappa, Assistant Director, Town Planning, BBMP, in the C Sector of Amruthnagar. They also searched the house of his aide Srinivasmurthy at Gupta Layout, Halasuru.

Officials said they found “incriminating” documents pertaining to the bribery case.

On February 5, Devendrappa was caught allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 20 lakh from a person for issuing the occupancy certificate to a building constructed by a private company in Hulimavu. The same day, officials found about 50 files related to the case in his car.

On February 8, the ACB raided Devandrappa’s properties, reportedly seizing 120 litres of liquor and 430 files belonging to the BBMP’s town planning department.