The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided 16 places in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh on Monday (September 15, 2025) in the Valmiki Corporation scam case of Bengaluru. It is alleged that crores of rupees were transferred to the accounts of private people from the government account of Karnataka Maharishi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Limited (KMVSTDCL). This account was in Union Bank of India, MG Road Branch, Bangalore.
In fact, on 3 June 2024, the CBI filed a case on the complaint of the DGM of Union Bank of India. It was alleged that between 21 February 2024 to May 6, 2024, there was a rigging of about Rs 84.63 crore. This money was withdrawn through fake transfer and fake documents.
CBI Four status report presented in High Court
At the same time, in the same case, on November 16, 2024, Karnataka MLA Basangauda R.K. Patil filed a petition in the High Court. He had demanded that the CBI should file a final report in the court and continued to update the status of the investigation. Since then, the Karnataka High Court has been monitoring this case. So far, the CBI has submitted 4 status reports in the High Court.
Money went to the accounts of people close to the Tribal Welfare Minister of Karnataka
During the investigation, it was also revealed that the Scheduled Tribes Welfare Department and Karnataka German Technical Training Institute were also grabbed. ST Welfare Department money- About 2.17 crore rupees were withdrawn from the account of Bank of Baroda, Siddai Road Branch. This money was first rotated through some companies and then reached the account of Dhanalakshmi Enterprises. This company B. Nekkanti Nakraj, a close associate of Nagendra, belongs to Nakraj. After this, about 1.20 crore rupees B. Nagendra’s sister, brother -in -law and personal assistant were sent to the accounts.
Apart from this, about 64 lakh rupees of KGTTI were also withdrawn from the account of Canara Bank, Wilson Garden Branch. This money turned through many trusts and fake companies and finally Nagraj’s brother N. Ravikumar and nephew N. Reached Yashwant Chaudhary. The responsibility of these two departments at that time, Karnataka Tribal Welfare Minister B.K. Nagendra was near. The investigation has clear that the money reached the account of their close relatives and colleagues directly or indirectly.
Seeing the status report, the court ordered an inquiry to the CBI
After seeing the status report of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the High Court has also allowed the agency to investigate these new allegations. Now the CBI is trying to find out how the government funds were rigged on such a large scale and who were involved in it.
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