FDA caught red-handed while accepting bribe at Kamalapur tahsildar office
Kalaburagi: A First Division Assistant (FDA) was caught red-handed by Lokayukta police while allegedly accepting a bribe at the Kamalapur tahsildar office on Saturday.
The accused has been identified as Shashikanth Janjeer, who was working as an FDA at the Kamalapur tahsildar’s office.
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According to officials, Shashikanth had allegedly demanded a bribe of ₹10,000 from beneficiaries for issuing a copy of an order related to a civil dispute decided by the tahsildar. Aggrieved by the repeated demand for money, the complainant Kishan Rathod approached the Lokayukta authorities and lodged a complaint.
Acting on the complaint, Lokayukta police laid a trap under the guidance of Lokayukta Superintendent of Police Siddaraju C. The operation was led by Lokayukta Police Inspector Arun Kumar Muragundi.
During the trap, the accused was caught while accepting the bribe amount and was immediately taken into custody. He has since been produced before the court and remanded to judicial custody, sources said.
Further investigation in the case is under way.
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Four Naxalites killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur
Bijapur (PTI): Security forces on Saturday gunned down four Naxalites, including senior cadre Dilip Vedja, in an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, police said.
The gunfight broke out in the morning in the forested hills of the district’s northwest region, where a joint team of security forces was out on an anti-Naxal operation, Bijapur Superintendent of Police Jitendra Yadav said.
He said that personnel belonging to the Special Task Force and District Reserve Guard, both state police units, and CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) -- an elite unit of CRPF -- were involved in the operation, which was launched based on inputs about the presence of Vedja, a divisional committee member, in the area.
“During the search, the bodies of two Maoists were recovered from the encounter site by noon. Subsequently, bodies of two more Maoist cadres, including a woman, were recovered in the evening,” Yadav said.
Weapons, including AK-47 rifle and .303 rifle, have also been recovered from the spot, he said, adding that a search operation is underway.
One of the neutralised Naxalites has been identified as Dilip Vedja, who was active in the national park area committee of Maoists and had been involved in several attacks, the official said.
Preliminary information suggests the three other killed cadres belonged to the same area committee, though their identity was yet to be ascertained, he added.
On January 3, as many as 14 Naxalites were gunned down in two encounters in the Bastar region, comprising seven districts, including Bijapur.
A total of 285 Naxalites were killed in encounters with security forces in Chhattisgarh last year.
The Centre has set the deadline of March 31, 2026, to eradicate Left-Wing Extremism in the country.
