Mangaluru: ACB traps project engineer while taking bribe
Mangaluru, October 03: ACB sleuths on Wednesday trapped a project engineer of Integrated Rural Energy Scheme of the Zilla Panchayat while taking bribe from an agency owner to give subsidy for bio-gas here and recovered Rs 30,000 from the engineer.
The arrested engineer is identified as N. Nagesh. Nagesh has demanded Rs 50,000 to release the subsidy amount. The agency owner had given Rs 15,000 earlier and the engineer was threatening him of not releasing the amount if the remaining Rs 35,000 is not given to him, it is said.
Desperate over his attitude, the agency owner has lodged a complaint with the ACB Mangaluru. On Wednesday, the ACB officials raided Nagesh while taking Rs 30,000 bribe and arrested him and recovered the amount.
ACB SP Shruthi N.S, DySP Sudheer M. Hegde, Inspector Yogish Kumar and staff Hariprasad, Umesh, Radhakrishna K, Prashanth, Vaishaly, Rakesh Vagman, Ganesh, Radhakrishna and Rajesh participated in the raid.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
Puttur: Four arrested for alleged negligent disposal of Dalit labourer’s body
Puttur (Karnataka), Nov 26: Four people have been arrested for allegedly disposing of a Dalit labourer’s body negligently in Puttur taluk of Dakshina Kannada district, police said on Tuesday.
The deceased, Shivappa (70), a resident of Keremoole near Sullia, worked as an assistant mason at Tauro Cement Fabrication Unit in Salmara village. He reportedly collapsed and died during work hours on November 16.
Instead of providing medical assistance or notifying his family, the factory owner, Henry Tauro, allegedly loaded Shivappa’s body onto a pickup truck and dumped it near his home, placing it on wooden logs by the roadside, according to police.
ALSO READ: Six junior artists of Kannada film ‘Kantara’ injured in accident in Karnataka
The incident sparked outrage among Dalit organisations in Puttur, including the Adi Dravida Samaja Seva Sangha, who demanded a thorough investigation.
Protests over delays in apprehending the accused intensified public pressure, leading to the arrests of Tauro, his son Kiran, their assistant Prakash, and a mason named Stany.
According to a complaint lodged by Shivappa's son-in-law, the accused brought Shivappa home unresponsive on the evening of November 16. He was rushed to a hospital but was declared dead on arrival.
A case has been registered under the Prevention of Atrocities Against Dalits Act, and investigations are underway to establish the cause of death and examine allegations of mishandling the victim’s body, police added.
