Public Works Department Engineer arrested in Mangaluru for bribery
Mangaluru: In an anti-corruption operation, officers from the Lokayukta Police arrested Ronald Lobo, a Junior Engineer from the Public Works Department (PWD), red-handed as he was accepting a bribe from a contractor at his office in Bondel, Mangaluru, on Wednesday.
The arrest followed a complaint lodged by Prabhakar Naik, a Level-2 contractor working with the PWD, who alleged that Lobo, responsible for quality control in the department, demanded a bribe of Rs 22,000 from him. Naik, who had undertaken construction work amounting to Rs 45 lakh in the SCST Colonies of two villages in Belthangady taluk, refused to comply with the illegal demand.
Upon receiving the complaint, the Lokayukta Police initiated an investigation under the guidance of Superintendent of Police CA Simon. The police team visited the PWD office and apprehended Lobo while he was accepting the bribe from Naik.
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Mangaluru: Bajpe police arrests young man for alleged derogatory posts against police
Bajpe: Police have arrested a youth for allegedly posting derogatory and defamatory content against the Bajpe police on social media.
The arrested accused has been identified as Abhishek M. (23), a resident of Katipalla, Surathkal.
According to the police, Abhishek posted a photograph of Bajpe Nisarga Hotel on his Instagram account mr_a_titude_22, alleging that accused persons in a murder case under the jurisdiction of the Bajpe police station were being treated “like royalty” by the police and were being served beef meals from the hotel every day. In his post, he further accused the police of colluding with criminals and misusing their authority, stating that public trust in the police was being betrayed.
Following which, the Bajpe police registered a case and arrested the accused.
Police records reveal that Abhishek is already facing multiple criminal cases. A case of murder, attempt to murder, assault and robbery has been registered against him at the Surathkal police station. At the same time, a robbery case has also been registered at the Kaup police station.
After his arrest, Abhishek was handed over to the custody of the CEN police for further investigation. He was later produced before a court, police said.
