
Chikkamagaluru DC orders probe into irregularities at Sringeri taluk office
The Hindu
Sringeri tahsildar R. Ambuja and village accountant H. Siddappa were arrested by ACB police on January 6
Following complaints of large scale corruption and irregularities in handling applications seeking grants of land and regularization of house properties in Sringeri, Chikkamagaluru Deputy Commissioner has constituted a committee under the leadership of Assistant Commissioner H.L. Nagaraj to conduct a detailed probe.
The committee has been asked to verify documents pertaining to 671 applications said to have been cleared by tahsildar R. Ambuja, who was recently arrested by Anti-Corruption Bureau police on charges of demanding bribe to regularise a house property.

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