Mangaluru: One killed, three injured as truck overturns in Neermarga
Mangaluru: One person died while three others sustained injuries when a truck carrying cow dung overturned at Padu Chilpadi near Neermarga in Mangaluru of Friday morning.
The deceased has been identified as Loknath Kuttikala (35). Three others who were travelling on the truck have sustained injuries and have been shifted to local hospital.
Loknath was trapped under the truck after it overturned and was dead by the time the truck was lifted and he was taken out.
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Bengaluru: KAS officer, driver caught in Rs 30 lakh bribe case
Bengaluru: Lokayukta police have arrested a KAS officer and his driver for allegedly demanding and accepting a Rs 30 lakh bribe to pass a favourable order in a pending RRT case.
The accused have been identified as Nagaprashanth (KAS), serving as Special Assistant Commissioner (North) and Special Land Acquisition Officer-1, KIADB, and Kumar, a driver associated with his office, Deccan Herald reported.
Based on a complaint by Ravi Kumar, a resident of Attur in Yelahanka, Lokayukta team laid a trap.
According to investigators, the accused had demanded Rs 30 lakh, of which Rs 15 lakh was allegedly collected earlier by the driver on the officer’s instructions.
On Wednesday, the driver was caught red-handed while accepting the remaining Rs 15 lakh, leading to the arrest of both him and the officer.
Both accused have been taken into custody, and further investigation is underway.
