Karkala :  A complaint has been registered in the Lokayukta office against Karkala MLA V Sunil Kumar on the allegations of irregularities over the distribution of food kits worth Rs 44.95 lakh.

Complainant Municipal councillor Shubhada Rao in his complaint said, MLA V Sunil Kumar has submitted fake beneficiaries list, the names of those who are deceased also submitted.

There is no record of anyone on that list receiving a kit. Following which a complaint has been lodged against the MLA and two labour officials in the office of the Lokayukta,

It is a bogus list prepared on purpose. The list of beneficiaries was prepared without holding any programmes and the concerned have plundered the government’s money. The agency entrusted to distribute the kits transferred huge amounts to the bank account of the MLA has strengthened the suspicions of corruption,” stated the councillor in the complaint.

Karnataka construction labour department had released 5,000 food kits worth Rs 44.95 lakh for distribution among registered construction workers distressed due to coronavirus.