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.