Bribe to transfer gun license: Retired tahsildar jailed, fined
Mangaluru: The Third Principal District Sessions Court and Lokayukta Special Court has convicted a retired tahsildar to a one-year jail term and slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 on charges of taking a bribe to transfer a gun license.
The convicted is identified as retired tahsildar TN Narayan Rao of Bantwala taluk.
About the incident
On February 10, 2012, Sathish Prabhu from Bantwala had applied to transfer a gun license from his father to him. At this time, Narayan Rao had demanded Rs 3000 bribe to transfer the license. While receiving Rs 2000 bribe from Sathish Prabhu, Mangaluru Lokayukta inspector Dilip Kumar and staff conducted raids and caught him red-handed and recovered Rs 85,000 cash from the convicted.
Judge B Muralidhar Pai who heard the argument, sentenced him to one-year simple imprisonment and slapped Rs 20,000 fine under Section 7 and 13 (1) (D) of Anti Corruption Act and if the convicted failed to pay the penalty, he has to undergo three more months imprisonment.
Special public prosecutor KSN Rajesh argued against the convicted. After his retirement, Narayan Rao is residing in Bengaluru.
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China confirms its support to Pakistan during four-day conflict with India
Beijing (PTI): China, for the first time, has confirmed that it provided on-site technical support to Pakistan during the four-day conflict with India last year, official media reports here said.
China's state broadcaster CCTV on Thursday aired an interview with Zhang Heng, an engineer from the Aviation Industry Corporation of China's (AVIC) Chengdu Aircraft Design and Research Institute, a key developer of China’s advanced fighter aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicle design.
Zhang had provided technical support to Pakistan during the four-day war last May, Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported, quoting CCTV.
Pakistan's air force operates a fleet of Chinese-made J-10CE jets, produced by an AVIC subsidiary.
"At the support base, we frequently heard the roar of fighter jets taking off and the constant wail of air-raid sirens. By late morning, in May, the temperature was already approaching 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit). It was a real ordeal for us, both mentally and physically,” Zhang said.
What drove his team was the "desire to do an even better job with on site support” and to ensure their equipment could “truly perform at its full combat potential”, Zhang told CCTV.
“That wasn’t just a recognition of the J10CE; it was also a testament to the deep bond we formed through working side by side, day in and day out,” he said.
