India, Feb. 12 -- In a major anti-corruption crackdown, the Karnataka Lokayukta Police have seized nearly Rs. 2 crore in unaccounted cash during raids on properties linked to a senior government official in Bengaluru, media reports said.

Acting on specific intelligence inputs, Lokayukta officials conducted searches at six locations associated with HM Janardhan, a superintending engineer with the Karnataka Residential Educational Institutions Society (KREIS).

Videos from the raids showed bundles of currency notes spread across a bed while officials used counting machines to tally the seized cash.

Authorities said documents recovered during the searches indicated that the officer owned assets worth approximately Rs 3.2 crore. These inclu...