Saturday, October 03, 2015

Bhaskar got his info on email platter

Bangalore Mirror: Bangalore: Saturday, 03 October 2015.
Bhaskar's name was on the official list of mail recipients and he had been receiving information on his mail id, vbhaskar@ibcworldnews.com
A key accused in cases being probed by the SIT (special investigation team), V Bhaskar had managed to outsmart even the anti-corruption watchdog brass as every bit of information on the cases the people involved, and action taken by brass had been reaching him by default. Bhaskar's name was on the official list of mail recipients and had been receiving information on his mail id, vbhaskar@ibcworldnews.com.
Access to such information, said insiders, was enough to lay trap to ensnare their prey officials facing inquiries. The names of all officials facing inquiries are mentioned in the public grievances, raids and traps sent out regularly from the Lokayukta office. This information used to reach Bhaskar and company, sources said.
"Most of the mails sent out by the Lokayukta office have been reaching them and, shockingly, has not stopped even after their arrest. This should be going on for several months and most of the information reached them well in advance, which could have been used for their personal gains. Hoodwinking officials, he had managed to ensure his name was in the list of people to whom information was disseminated from the lokayukta office," a source, who did not want to be named, told Bangalore Mirror.
Information sourcing was well planned
Strangely, even after his arrest by SIT, Upa Lokayukta Justice Subhash B Adi's recent order sent on Thursday from his official ID (Subhash B Adi kla-kula2-ka@nic.in) too has reached Bhaskar. It seems Bhaskar and co, who are the accused in the scam, had put in a well-planned mechanism to source every bit of information from the Lokayukta office. Besides the office of PRO and the RTI route, they had put in place this mechanism to get information sent from the office.
With most cases pertaining to an accused or a government body, sources said, the information reaching their fingertips helped them. With the information obtained like this and taking names of Justice Y Bhaskar Rao and his son Ashwin, one could do a lot, the source explained. "Inclusion of any email ID to receive the Lokayukta brass communication happens after an approval of the brass. Bhaskar's name seems to have been included in the personnel section, who in turn could have done it for the purpose of passing information.
However, extra care should be taken as the mails go in the names of the brass, in this case, Upa Lokayukta. More care before sending information could prevent such things as misusing the information sent out through official IDs not only expose the accused smartness, but also the Lokayukta office's ignorance," the source added. A senior official said the act of sending the email to Bhaskar, even if done inadvertently, would be checked immediately.