4 FDA officials held for attempting to usurp property

Officials were arrested for allegedly creating a fake death certificate and other documents to embezzle property worth crores

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: At least four BBMP FDA officials were arrested by the Halasuru Gate police for allegedly creating a fake death certificate and other documents in order to embezzle property worth crores of rupees from a resident in the city.

The accused are identified as Naveen, Puttamma, MS Prasad and MS Divya, who were reportedly working at Rajarajeshwari BBMP office as First Division Assistants. According to sources, a resident of Pattanagere village, Ramakrishnaiah, owned three acres of land worth Rs 40 crore, which the accused had conspired to encroach upon.

As he came to know about the officials’ plot, Ramakrishnaiah approached the police and filed a case against them, alleging that the officials had manufactured fake certificates to grab his property. Based on the complaint, an FIR was registered by the police and the four accused were arrested by the police.

Later, the police also picked up Puttamma’s sons, Janardhan and Akshit in connection with the case. Currently, the accused ones are being interrogated, Halasuru Gate police said.