Kalaburagi hostel warden caught taking bribe by Lokayukta Police
Kalaburagi: Lokayukta police have arrested Shivasharanappa, the warden of the Taluk Backward Classes Welfare Department hostel in Kalaburagi, after he was caught red-handed accepting a bribe of ₹15,000. The warden was arrested while receiving the money from an assistant cook employed at the hostel.
The warden, responsible for overseeing the hostel that serves students of Gulbarga University, had allegedly been harassing the Group D employee, demanding a bribe of ₹20,000 in exchange for confirming his monthly attendance. Shivasharanappa had reportedly threatened to mark the assistant cook absent in the attendance register if he did not comply with the demand.
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Frustrated by the continuous pressure, the assistant cook lodged a complaint with the Lokayukta police. Acting on the tip-off, a team led by Lokayukta Superintendent BK Umesh, along with Deputy SP Geetha Benal, Assistant Sub-inspector Basavaraj, and constables Pradeep, Faimuddeen, Renukamma, Paudappa, Santhoshamma, and Gundappa, conducted a detailed investigation and caught the warden in the act of accepting the bribe.
Shivasharanappa has since been detained and placed in judicial custody.
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Railway lines as fence could cut cost of barricading to curb man-elephant conflicts: MP Wadiyar
Bengaluru, Sept 17: MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has suggested that to bring down the exorbitant cost barricading – estimated to cost around Rs 1.3 to Rs 1.5 crore per kilometre – railway lines could be used to construct fences on Tuesday.
Wadiyar took to X to share the letter he had sent to Union Environment Forest & Climate Change Minister Bhupendra Yadav.
Stating that “railway (lines) barricading” is proving to be an effective way to restrict the movement of elephants, he suggested that this should be taken up on a large scale.
“Upon consultation with the relevant authorities, it has come to my understanding that the cost of barricading per kilometre comes to Rs 1.3 crore to Rs 1.5 crore. Given that the border of the forests in my constituency stretches to over 400 km, with around 280 km of forest border requiring immediate barricading, the cost of such an exercise will reach Rs 350 crore to Rs 400 crore,” he wrote in his letter.
He said the environment ministry could make a direct request with the railway ministry for an allocation of railway lines, thus reducing the cost of the project to just that of labour cost.
“The benefits of this initiative are manifold, from reduction of human casualties, protection of property and livelihood, to conservation of elephants and, most importantly, promoting human-elephant coexistence, which is the need of the hour,” he added.
Working towards safer coexistence in Mysore-Kodagu! Submitted proposal to Union Environment Forest & Climate change Minister Shri Bhupendra Yadav Ji for railway barricading to reduce elephant-human conflicts. pic.twitter.com/VjOWIF1TTC
— Yaduveer Wadiyar (@yaduveerwadiyar) September 17, 2024
