Belagavi, April 11 -- What began as a story of grit and hard-earned progress has now turned into a startling tale of alleged corruption - "From daily wages to hidden crores - the rise and fall of a government engineer."The journey of Ajay Singh Bap Singh Rajapur, once a daily wage worker in the early 1990s, is now under intense scrutiny after the Karnataka Lokayukta unearthed assets worth over Rs 14 crore in a sweeping raid across multiple locations in Belagavi district.
Rajapur, who began his career in 1992 on daily wages and was later regularised into government service in 2008, steadily climbed the ranks to become an Assistant Executive Engineer in the District Urban Development Cell. His rise was often seen as an example of perseveranc...