Elderly woman passes away shortly after casting vote in Brahmavar
Udupi: An elderly woman passed away after casting her vote at her home in Brahmavar taluk on April 16.
P. Yashodha (83), the wife of retired village accountant D. Narayan Upadhyay is the deceased. The Election Commission had permitted special voting arrangements for senior citizens, allowing them to vote from home. Consequently, P. Yashodha exercised her voting right from home.
On Tuesday, when the senior citizens were scheduled to vote, P. Yashodha experienced chest pain but opted to go to the hospital only after casting her vote. She was subsequently admitted to Koteshwar Private Hospital. Sadly, she succumbed to her illness around 9 pm without receiving treatment.
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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.
