ED, IT sleuths search properties owned by KAS officer Bheema Nayak

Based on all these allegations, two teams of sleuths comprising six officers searched the properties and inspected documents.
ED, IT sleuths search properties owned by KAS officer Bheema Nayak

BALLARI: Sleuths of the Enforcement Directorate and Income Tax Department searched properties allegedly owned by Karnataka Administrative Service officer Bheema Nayak in Hosapete and Hagaribommanahalli taluks in Ballari district on Friday morning.

The sleuths conducted searches based on the allegations made in the death note of Ramesh KC, the driver of Bheema Nayak. In his suicide note, Ramesh alleged that Nayak had converted Rs 100 crore worth old denomination notes for BJP leader Janardhan Reddy, ahead of his daughters' wedding.

In the note, Ramesh had also mentioned details of wealth amassed by the official, such as purchasing a bungalow in Belagavi (while he was the tahsildhar there), 20 guntas vacant plot at Hosapete (near Bamboo Bazar) with a loan from Bank of India and others.

Ramesh had also alleged that Nayak bought 10 acre land belonging to a brother and sister at Mariyammanahalli and purchased two sites of his wife's sisters near his residence at Attur, Yelahanka. There were details of over 15 alleged illegal transactions of the official.

Based on all these allegations, two teams of sleuths comprising six officers searched the properties and inspected documents. The teams are searching in the taluks separately. They are also searching for the alleged benami properties.

Meanwhile, speaking to reporters during his visit to the city today, BJP leader and former deputy chief minister K S Eshwarappa said only investigation has to reveal whether Nayak converted the alleged black money of mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy into white.

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