Excise DC, two other officials caught 'red-handed' by Lokayukta police while accepting bribery
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka Lokayukta police on Saturday said they have caught "red-handed" Excise Department Deputy Commissioner of the Bengaluru Urban District Jagadeesh Naik and two other officials, while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 25 lakh.
Two other officials are -- Superintendent of Excise Thammanna K M and Excise Constable Lakkappa Gani.
According to Lokayukta officials, they have been accused of demanding Rs 80 lakh to issue CL-7 (Hotels & Boarding Houses) and micro brewery licence.
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The accused government officials were caught red-handed while accepting bribe money of Rs 25 lakh, they said, adding that all the three have been secured and an investigation is on.
The Lokayukta officials had successfully laid a trap under the supervision of senior officials, based on a complaint, they said.
The accused have been arrested under the relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
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Abhishek Sharma fined 25 per cent of match fee for showing dissent at umpire's decision
Kolkata (PTI): Sunrisers Hyderabad vice-captain Abhishek Sharma has been fined 25 per cent of his match fees and has also accumulated one demerit point for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during his team's IPL match against Kolkata Knight Riders here.
He admitted to the Level 1 offence under Article 2.3 and accepted the match referee's sanction.
For Level 1 breaches of the Code of Conduct, the match referee's decision is final and binding.
He scored 48 runs off 21 deliveries to get SRH to a flier in the powerplay.
SRH registered their first win of IPL 2026, with a thumping 65-run win, with Abhishek playing his part with the bat, hitting four fours and as many sixes.
But he was sanctioned for showing dissent on TV umpire Nitin Menon's decision after Varun Chakaravarthy took a diving catch off Blessing Muzarabani the ninth over but there seemed to be no conclusive evidence that the catch was taken cleanly.
But Menon deemed the catch to be legal which the batter disagreed and expressed his disappointment while walking off.
