Bengaluru, July 11 -- Karnataka Lokayukta has repatriated Superintendent of Police Shivaprakash Devaraju, the IPS officer spearheading several high-profile corruption investigations, to his parent police department just a day after he reportedly sought Governor Thawarchand Gehlot's sanction to prosecute former minister and Congress MLA BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan in a disproportionate assets case.
The timing of the move has sparked political and administrative speculation, although the Lokayukta described the repatriation as a routine administrative decision.
Devaraju, who joined the anti-corruption watchdog on July 30, 2025, had emerged as one of its most active investigating officers, reopening and accelerating several pending corruption cases...