Anti-Corruption Bureau will seek details from Income Tax Department on the disp

roportionate assets found in the possession of the two PWD chief engineers.
A whopping Rs. 152 crore unaccounted income, including a huge stash of new notes
, bullion, jewellery, and documents pertaining to property ownership, have been
seized on the premises of two chief engineers of the PWD and contractors, by the
I-T officials over the last three days.
Home Minister G. Parameshwara announced, on the Floor of the Council, suspension
of the two chief engineers S.C. Jayachandra, Chief Project Officer of the State
Highway Development Project, and T.N. Chikkarayappa, Managing Director of Cauve
ry Neeravari Nigam Ltd. Prime Minister Narendra Modi called I-T sleuths in Benga
luru and congratulated them for the successful seizure operation.
Searches concluded on Friday night
Searches started in Bengaluru, and Erode and Chennai in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday
and concluded on Friday night. A total of 18 locations in Bengaluru are under th
e I-T scanner. The unaccounted income is expected to go up further. We will get a
rough estimate on the extent of income and properties by Monday, sources said.