Mysuru: In a crackdown on corruption, Inspector Radha of Kuvempunagar Police Station in Mysuru was caught red-handed by the Lokayukta Police while accepting a bribe in connection with a case.

The incident took place when Inspector Radha allegedly demanded a bribe from a contractor whose cars had been seized by the Kuvempunagar police. The vehicles contained gold ornaments, property documents, a bank passbook, and an ATM card. In return for the release of the cars with the valuables, Inspector Radha demanded a bribe of Rs. 2 lakh.

Following this, the contractor lodged a complaint with the Lokayukta police on Thursday. Acting on the complaint, the Lokayukta Police conducted a raid at the Kuvempunagar Police Station and arrested Inspector Radha while she was accepting Rs. 50,000 as part of the bribe.

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The operation was executed under the supervision of Lokayukta Director General of Police Prashant Kumar Thakur and Inspector General of Police Subrahmaneswara Rao. The team included Superintendent of Police Sajeet VJ, DYSP Krishnaiah, and several police inspectors from the Mysuru Lokayukta Police Station, including Umesh, Jayaratna, Rupashree, Ravikumar, Ramesh, Gopi, Kantaraju, Prakash, Mohangowda, Veena, Pushpalatha, Divyashree, Netravathi, Pradeep, Parasurama, Mohan, and Lokesh.

Inspector Radha has been taken into custody by the Lokayukta Police, and further investigations are underway.

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Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.

According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.

He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.

Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.

He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.

His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.

The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.

The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.

Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.

Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.