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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Karnataka Health Dept bars leave for staff amid ASHA workers’ strike starting Aug 12
Bengaluru, Aug 11 (PTI): In response to a planned three-day strike by ASHA workers starting August 12, the Karnataka Health Department on Monday issued a notice prohibiting all officers and staff from taking leave during the protest period, except in cases of medical emergencies.
Accredited Social Health Activists workers are demanding the fixed honorarium of Rs 10,000 promised by the state government in January. They have announced a continuous state-level protest from August 12 to 14.
The notice stated, “Information about ASHA workers absent from duty within district limits will be collected daily from primary health centres, compiled at the district level, and submitted to the commissionerate by 3 pm during the protest.”
The Health Department also urged community health officers, primary health protection officers, health inspectors, and Anganwadi workers to cooperate in ensuring that health services to the public remain uninterrupted.
