Madal Virupakshappa was named as the high indicted in the case after his son, Prashanth Madal, was caught allegedly accepting a u20b9 40 lakh fix, allegedly on his behalf, last month. The fix was to meant to secure a tender to supply raw accouterments to Karnataka detergents and cleansers Ltd, said the Lokayukta police, which was probing the case.
Source: Outlook India In the raid that followed, unaccounted cash worth u20b9 8 crores was seized from his house. The Channagiri MLA had claimed that it proceeded from the trade of areca nut ( supari). Shortly later, Mr. Virupakshappa stepped down from the president’s post. Before this month, the MLA got an idol’s hello at his home city in Davangere when he surfaced after getting anticipant bail. But the bail was challenged in the top court, which asked him to appear and defend it.
Source: India TodayMLA has denied wrongdoing and said he was being framed by his political rivals. He also claimed that his son, who was caught red-handed acting fixed, was innocent. Someone had planted the plutocrat in his son’s office, the MLA claimed. Prashanth Madal is a Karnataka Administrative Services officer and is the principal accounts officer of the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board.
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