Bengaluru Lokayukta court sentences forest officer to 3 years over assets

A Bengaluru City Civil and Sessions court sentenced Assistant Conservator of Forests M.S. Ravikumar to three years of simple imprisonment in a 2014 disproportionate assets case.

The Lokayukta investigation established that the official had accumulated disproportionate assets valued at ₹1,35,29,714.37 beyond his known sources of income.

The court also imposed a fine of ₹1.38 crore, stipulating an additional one year of simple imprisonment in case of default in payment.