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Nation / Fri, 26 Apr 2024 The Indian Express

Karnataka BJP candidate K Sudhakar booked for ‘attempting to bribe’ IAS officer in Rs 4.8 crore unaccounted cash seizure case

K Sudhakar had lost the Chikkaballapur Assembly seat in the state polls held last year. (Photo: K Sudhakar/ X)Former minister and Chikkaballapur BJP candidate K Sudhakar was on Thursday booked for allegedly asking IAS officer Munish Moudgil to release Rs 4.8 crore cash seized by the Election Commission (EC). In a complaint, Dasharath V Kumbar, a member of the Static Surveillance Team (SST), said, “Around 11.44 am on 25th April, I received a message from Model Code of Conduct (MCC) officer Munish Moudgil that Rs 10 crore was kept at a place… When EC officials along with Income Tax officers raided Madavara village under the Chikkaballapur constituency, they found Rs 4.8 crore cash kept for distribution among the voters.”

K Sudhakar had lost the Chikkaballapur Assembly seat in the state polls held last year. (Photo: K Sudhakar/ X)

Former minister and Chikkaballapur BJP candidate K Sudhakar was on Thursday booked for allegedly asking IAS officer Munish Moudgil to release Rs 4.8 crore cash seized by the Election Commission (EC).

In a complaint, Dasharath V Kumbar, a member of the Static Surveillance Team (SST), said, “Around 11.44 am on 25th April, I received a message from Model Code of Conduct (MCC) officer Munish Moudgil that Rs 10 crore was kept at a place… When EC officials along with Income Tax officers raided Madavara village under the Chikkaballapur constituency, they found Rs 4.8 crore cash kept for distribution among the voters.”

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