According to Lokayukta, the salary and other incomes of Patali since joining service as a forest guard in 1980 would come to Rs 55.60 lakh. However, apart from wades of currency, the raid party also seized papers which showed that Patali owned two buildings and a commercial complex worth Rs 39.05 lakh, two cars and a two-wheeler. Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde said in a lighter vein, “Looks like Patali does not need interest on his money, with nearly Rs 24 lakh found at his home.”
Another government servant Virupakshappa, an executive engineer with Public Works Department in Davangere was found to own two houses, one in Davangere and another in Yelahanka, Bangalore - valued in total at Rs 45.39 lakh. The total value of assets seized from him was put at Rs 89.09 lakh against his projected income of Rs 46.82 lakh over his 32 years of service.
Suresh Ningappa Gowder, an Assistant Executive Engineer with the zilla panchayat, Hunagund, appears to have doubled his income since he joined government service in 1990. Against his projected income of Rs 40.50 lakh, Gowder was found to be in possession of wealth assessed at Rs 72.05 lakh. Apart from a cash of Rs four lakh, the Lokayukta team also found that he owned a tractor, two motorbikes, a car in the name of himself and his family members. Perhaps the smallest fish netted during the statewide raid was Abdul Ghani, a village panchayat secretary of Doddasugur, Sindhanur taluk in Raichur district.
Ghani was found to possess assets of Rs 17.27 lakh as opposed to projected income of Rs 17 lakh.
The Lokayukta said all the eight officials possess jewellery and costly household articles and an inventory has to be made of all such assets.