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.
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UP: Minor boy dies, 5 of his family taken ill after consuming noodles
Pilibhit (UP), May 12: A 12-year-old boy died and five people of his family here were taken ill allegedly after consuming noodles, officials said on Sunday.
According to locals, six members of a family, including three children, in Puranpur area fell ill after having noodles and rice on Thursday night.
They went to a private hospital and returned home the next day after their condition improved, however, the same night they again started feeling uneasy, they said.
Rohan’s condition worsened and he died shortly after, hospital officials said.
"Five people were admitted here with complaints of food poisoning on Saturday. The condition of another minor, Vivek, was critical so he has been referred to a hospital in nearby Bareilly district,” Dr Rashid, a doctor at the Community Health Centre (CHC) Pilibhit, told PTI.
The condition of the remaining four is said to be stable.
As per police, the family members have not lodged any complaint regarding the incident.
