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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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
