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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Priyanka Gandhi participates in various official, outreach programmes in Wayanad
Wayanad(Kerala) (PTI): Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday took part in various official and outreach programmes, including inaugurating a health laboratory, in her Lok Sabha constituency.
Vadra, who is in Kerala on a three-day visit, inaugurated a health laboratory in Malappuram that was set up by the Kalikavu Service Cooperative Bank.
Later in the day, she interacted with potters at Nilambur, held a meeting with the Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen (KNM) state president T P Abdullah Koya Madani at Edavanna and met locals at Wayanad Churam (tunnel) bypass road at Chippilithode.
Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen (KNM) is an Islamic reformist organisation.
The pottery workers, who presented Vadra with several gifts made by them, told the Congress MP about the difficulties faced by them in their profession.
She assured them that she will work on their issues.
Regarding the Wayanad Churam bypass road, the Congress MP told the people that she has already spoken to the Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari who has constituted a committee for a study to explore what is possible here and what is not.
She said that she will request for expediting the process.
