Udupi Lokayukta cops catch red-handed, arrest Revenue Dept staff member for taking bribe
Udupi: The Lokayukta Police team in Udupi conducted a surprise visit to the Ajekar Taluk Office on Thursday. During this operation, they arrested Nizamuddin, a staff member of the Revenue Department, in the act of accepting a bribe. The bribe was connected to a request for a genealogy map of a family.
Nizamuddin, who had served as a Grade-1 assistant at the Ajekar Taluk Office for an extensive period of 15 years, was accused of soliciting a bribe amounting to Rs 5,000 from a resident of Hirgana village in Karkala taluk. The resident, having already paid Rs 4,000 to the Revenue Department staff member, decided to bring this matter to the attention of the Lokayukta officers.
Taking action, the Lokayukta initiated a raid on the Taluk Office. During the operation, Nizamuddin was arrested red-handed as he accepted the remaining Rs 1,000 from the individual who had filed the complaint.
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Two Naxalites gunned down in encounter with cops in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh) (PTI): Two Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Thursday, police said.
The exchange of fire broke out in a forest along the Indravati river in the morning when a joint team of security forces was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, a senior police official said.
After guns fell silent, bodies of two Naxalites, clad in uniform, along with a Self-Loading Rifle, an Insas rifle and a 12-bore rifle were recovered from the spot, he said.
Search operation was still underway, he added.
With this action, at least 25 Maoists have been killed in separate encounters in the state so far this year.
Earlier, 14 Maoists were gunned down in two encounters on January 3 in the Bastar region, which comprises seven districts, including Bijapur.
Last year, 285 Maoists were killed in various encounters with security forces in Chhattisgarh.
The Centre has set a deadline of March 31 this year to eradicate Left-Wing Extremism from the country.
