Lokayukta traps forest official

Lokayukta officials have arrested deputy inspector general of forest Narayana Gowda for possessing illegal wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income.

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He has been accused of lots of murky deals involving land dealings.

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Earlier, a TV channel's sting operation had exposed the involvement of Gowda in a murky deal to grab acres of forest land.

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Before his stint in the forest department, he was working as state transport commissioner and joint commissioner of police, Bangalore city.