BDA under scanner for online auction of corner sites
The Hindu
Staff accused of helping create fake documents in order to favour some buyers
The Bangalore Development Authority, which was raided by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) last year, is once again battling charges of corruption, this time for its online auction of corner sites. The Sheshadripuram police are investigating three cases where BDA staff in collusion with middlemen allegedly helped rig the sale of sites and faked documents to favour some buyers.
In one complaint lodged with the Sheshadripuram police, the vigilance squad of the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) Special Task force claimed that one buyer, identified as Manju Naik K., colluded with BDA employees. The development authority had recently issued an e-notification for the auction of sites at Sir M. Visvesvaraya Layout 7th and 8th block. To perpetuate the illegal sale, the site number was changed and fake documents were created with forged signatures and a BDA seal. The documents were then submitted at the office of the Deputy Secretary, BDA, for approval. In this way, the registration was done in the name of Manju Naik.
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