BBMP executive engineer caught red-handed taking Rs 10 lakh bribe
Bengaluru, Jun 17 (PTI): Lokayukta sleuths on Wednesday arrested a senior official of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10 lakh.
H V Yarappa Reddy, executive engineer of the C V Raman Nagar Division, BBMP, was caught red-handed by the Lokayukta police while allegedly demanding and accepting the bribe from a contractor to process a pending bill.
The complainant, Hemanth G M, had approached the Lokayukta with a complaint that the engineer had demanded a bribe in exchange for clearing his pending bill.
Acting on the complaint, the Lokayukta police laid a trap and apprehended the accused during the transaction.
Officials said the bribe amount of Rs 10 lakh was seized and kept in safe custody for further legal proceedings.
The accused has been taken into custody and is being interrogated.
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Five arrested in Kerala's Walayar for beating to death Jharkhand native
Palakkad (Kerala) (PTI): Five people have been arrested for allegedly beating to death a Jharkhand native on suspicion of theft near Walayar here a day ago, police said on Friday.
The arrests were formally recorded late Thursday night and all the accused have been booked for the offence of murder under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, an officer of Walayar police station said.
The deceased -- Ramnarayan Bhayar (31) -- was working as a labourer in the Walayar area.
According to police, Bhayar was attacked by a group of men on Wednesday evening, alleging that he was involved in a theft at Kizhakeattappallam near Walayar.
As per the FIR, the incident occurred before 7.40 pm, and the injured Bhayar was rushed to the Palakkad District Government Hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries.
Police said a detailed investigation was underway to ascertain the sequence of events leading to the incident.
