ACB find Crores worth Property in RTO R M Varnekar’s Relatives House in Udupi
Udupi: The ACB continuing the investigation of Udupi Regional Transport Officer (RTO) R M Varnekar on Friday found crores worth illegal property during the raid.
The ACB conducted raids on the houses of Varnekar’s relatives in Udupi, Bengaluru and Karwar.
During the raid, officials seized 9 houses, 26-hectare property, two flats in Belagavi, 30 grams gold, 1 KG silver, 3 two-wheelers, Rs 50 lakh fixed deposit certificates and Rs 22.80 lakh worth home appliances. The team also seized two bank lockers and property documents from their houses.
Udupi Regional Transport Officer (RTO) R M Varnekar was caught receiving a bribe from Vignesh for clearing his vehicle’s road tax documents. Vignesh works with an IT company and had purchased a second-hand car a month ago, which was gutted in the fire incident during Aero India air show in Bengaluru recently. As he used the car only for a month, he was eligible to get the road tax back. Hence he had applied for documents from the transport office. Vignesh had already received his car insurance amount of Rs 3 lakh and had applied for documents to submit it for the tax refund. He was supposed to get Rs 65,000 as road tax.
Vernekar demanded 10% of the amount received. Vignesh refused to pay the bribe and brought the matter to the notice of ACB on March 15. Vignesh filed a complaint against Varnekar, on March 16, Varnekar was caught red-handed by the ACB police while accepting the bribe from Vignesh.
The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths raided the residence of the Udupi RTO, R M Varnekar for disproportionate assets to known sources of income and unearthed Rs 70.18 lakh from his house on March 18.
Two days ago the Commissioner of transport and road safety has issued the suspension order of Udupi Regional Transport Officer (RTO) R M Varnekar.
