Assistant public prosecutor in Udupi held by Lokayukta police while accepting bribe
Udupi: Assistant Public Prosecutor Ganapathi Vasanth Nayak was arrested by Lokayukta Police on Wednesday under charge of receiving a bribe of Rs 3,000 for filing of an objection.
The complainant had approached the Udupi Lokayukta Police after Nayak demanded Rs 3,000 to file an objection over a case related to the release of a sand transport vehicle. The police officers, who raided the office of Nayak at the Udupi District Court on Wednesday, caught him red-handed while receiving the amount and held him.
The Lokayukta Police conducted the probe under the direction of Lokayukta Police Superintendent In-charge for Dakshina Kannada Kumarachandra. The team included Udupi Stand-in Deputy SP Manjunath, Inspector Rajendra Nayak MN, Assistant Sub-inspector Nagesh and personnel Nagaraj, Satish Handadi, Rohith, Mallika, Pushpavathi, Ravindra, Ramesh, Abdul Jalal, Prasanna, Raghavendra Hoskote, Sudheer and Satish Acharya.
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Ram Navami: UP govt bans sale of meat, orders 24-hour recital of Ramcharitmanas in all districts
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath has ordered officials that a 24-hour Akhand Paath (recitation) of the Ramcharitmanas (religious book on Lord Ram) should be organised in all districts of the state on the occasion of Chaitra Ram Navami.
The Adityanath-led government also issued orders to shut down all meat shops on Chaitra Ram Navami (April 6) and enforce a ban on the sale of meat within a 500-metre radius of religious places during the nine-day festival, as reported by The Indian Express on Sunday.
The Chief Minister also emphasised the need to ensure uninterrupted 24-hour power supply across the state during the Hindu festival. He further instructed that egg or meat shops, along with similar establishments, should not be allowed near temples and stressed the implementation of strict measures to prevent illegal slaughtering.
The state government warned that those violating the order will be punished under the Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1959, and the Food Safety Acts of 2006 and 2011.
District-level committees have been formed under the leadership of district magistrates to ensure implementation of the order, the report added. These committees include officials from the police, Pollution Control Board, animal husbandry department, transport department, labour department, health department and food safety administration.
