Bengaluru e-khata scam: 5 sub-registrars suspended after 1,332 illegal property registrations | Bengaluru News
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BENGALURU: The state govt has uncovered a major property registration scam involving its e-khata system, leading to the suspension of five sub-registrars after officials detected fraudulent registration of around 1,332 properties over a one-year period between Dec 6, 2024, and Dec 5, 2025.The department of stamps and registrations has suspended the officials for their alleged role in the misuse of the Kaveri 2.0 portal, failure to import mandatory e-khata details from the e-swathu software, and illegal registration of sale deeds. Those suspended are Ravi Sankana Gouda, N Satish Kumar, Sridhar (first division assistant-in-charge sub-registrar), Girish Chandra and R Prabhavathi.Launched with much fanfare as a foolproof digital safeguard, the state govt’s e-khata system, meant to prevent property registration fraud, has come under scrutiny after scam came to light following a complaint filed by the executive director of the centre for smart governance (CSG), which provides technology solutions to govt departments. Based on the complaint, the north CEN police registered a cybercrime case against unknown persons under various provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000, and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.Officials said the Kaveri-2 portal, which has not permitted property registration without a valid e-khata since 2024, was allegedly manipulated. According to them, individuals accessed details from the Unified Land Management System (ULMS), which contains land records from origin to conversion, and hacked the software to falsely project certain properties as having e-khata under the rural development and panchayat raj (RDPR) department. These properties were then registered illegally.The complaint alleged that miscreants forged property documents and bypassed system safeguards to facilitate registrations despite the absence of valid e-khatas. This is the second major case of fraudulent property registration reported since e-khata was made mandatory for all property registrations in Bengaluru.Sources said several sub-registrar offices with jurisdiction over rural gram panchayat properties were affected, with most illegal registrations traced to these offices. Technical analysis reportedly revealed software bypasses in multiple sub-registrar offices, including Banaswadi, Ulsoor and Varthur.
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