SIT chief Pronab Mohanty visits Belthangady, inspects new office
Belthangady: Pronab Kumar Mohanty, Chief of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the mass burials case, visited Belthangady on Sunday, July 27, to inspect the newly set-up SIT office.
The SIT office has been set up in a newly constructed building adjacent to the Belthangady Police Station. Pronab Mohanty arrived directly from Mangaluru at around 6 PM on Sunday to review the office facilities and preparedness.
He was accompanied by senior SIT officials including Anucheth IPS, SP C.A. Simon, and other officers during the visit.
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Karnataka BJP MLA caught taking Rs 5 lakh bribe remanded to judicial custody
Bengaluru (PTI): BJP MLA Dr Chandru Lamani, caught allegedly accepting a Rs 5 lakh bribe from a contractor, has been remanded to judicial custody until March 3.
The Shirahatti MLA, a doctor, was brought from Gadag to Bengaluru on Saturday night and produced before a Special Court for Public Representatives, sources said.
The court remanded him to custody until March 3.
The MLA was caught in a Lokayukta trap following a complaint by Vijay Pujar, a Class-1 contractor from Chinchali in Gadag district.
Lokayukta officials said the alleged bribe was linked to Minor Irrigation Department works, including the construction of retaining walls along a road. The accused had demanded Rs 11 lakh from the complainant to execute the project, and Rs 5 lakh was accepted during the trap.
Along with Lamani, his personal assistants, Manjunath Valmiki and Guru Naik, were also arrested in connection with the case.
