Chikkamagaluru: Lokayukta Police arrest Birur BEO office assistant for bribery
Chikkamagaluru: In a recent incident development, Chandrasekhar, a second-grade assistant at the Birur Block Education Office (BEO), was apprehended by Lokayukta police for allegedly accepting a bribe from a retired head teacher.
The incident occured when N. Paramesh, a retired teacher from Tarikere taluk's Hosgangur school, visited the BEO office to process his General Provident Fund (GPF) and Group Insurance Scheme (GIS) benefits. During this interaction, Chandrashekhar purportedly demanded a bribe of 40 thousand rupees from Paramesh.
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Chandrashekhar justified the demand, claiming that Paramesh had outstanding taxes owed to the government, and he assured to resolve the issue in exchange for a payment amounting to half of the money received.
Lokayukta Inspector Anil Rathod led a team to intervene in the situation, conducting a raid that resulted in the arrest of Chandrasekhar while he was allegedly receiving the 40 thousand rupees from the retired head teacher.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
