Officials caught manipulating zones to reduce tax, says civic commissioner The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has found that many property owners, in connivance with officials, have submitted incorrect information about the tax zone under which their property falls in an attempt to pay less tax. BBMP Commissioner N. Manjunath Prasad told reporters on Tuesday that 3.9 lakh such cases have been detected. The civic body is issuing notices to owners of all these properties. They will have to pay additional tax with penal interest. Under the Self Assessment Scheme, citizens and officials have the option to indicate the tax zone and compute the property tax. There are six tax zones in BBMP limits.