Bengaluru: A big news has come out from Karnataka. In Karnataka on Thursday, the Lokayukta arrested BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa’s officer Prashant Kumar red -handed taking ₹ 40 lakh bribe. When the investigating officials searched Prashant’s house, ₹ 6 crore cash was also found.
This year, before the assembly elections in Karnataka, the opposition has got a big opportunity to attack the BJP. The Lokayukta’s anti -corruption branch found a large pile of cash at Prashant’s house, the search lasted till late Thursday night.
After this raid, Madal Virupakshappa, MLA from Channagiri in Davangere district, has resigned from the post of President of Karnataka Sop and Detergent Limited (KSDL) owned by the state. In a letter to the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Madal Veerupakshappa said, “There is some conspiracy against my family. I am resigning under moral responsibility because there are allegations against me.
On this, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that the Lokayukta office will conduct an independent investigation. He also attacked the opposition Congress. CM Bommai said, we have re -established the Lokayukta to curb corruption. During the Congress rule, many cases of corruption were closed due to the dissolution of Lokayukta.
We will investigate cases that were closed. Lokayukta is an independent institution and our stand is clear. The institution will investigate independently and the government will not interfere in it. Our aim is to punish the culprits of corruption. The Lokayukta has all the details, whose money was there, where he came from, everything should come out. ‘
The BJP MLA said, ‘I have no information about this. I got information about this through media. I have not talked to my son about this, because he is now in the custody of Lokayukta. I am not involved in any tender. ‘
