Kalaburagi hostel warden caught taking bribe by Lokayukta Police
Kalaburagi: Lokayukta police have arrested Shivasharanappa, the warden of the Taluk Backward Classes Welfare Department hostel in Kalaburagi, after he was caught red-handed accepting a bribe of ₹15,000. The warden was arrested while receiving the money from an assistant cook employed at the hostel.
The warden, responsible for overseeing the hostel that serves students of Gulbarga University, had allegedly been harassing the Group D employee, demanding a bribe of ₹20,000 in exchange for confirming his monthly attendance. Shivasharanappa had reportedly threatened to mark the assistant cook absent in the attendance register if he did not comply with the demand.
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Frustrated by the continuous pressure, the assistant cook lodged a complaint with the Lokayukta police. Acting on the tip-off, a team led by Lokayukta Superintendent BK Umesh, along with Deputy SP Geetha Benal, Assistant Sub-inspector Basavaraj, and constables Pradeep, Faimuddeen, Renukamma, Paudappa, Santhoshamma, and Gundappa, conducted a detailed investigation and caught the warden in the act of accepting the bribe.
Shivasharanappa has since been detained and placed in judicial custody.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
