Karnataka: KAS Officers caught red-handed by Lokayukta whilst returning bribe money
Bengaluru: The Lokayukta Police on Wednesday arrested two KAS officers reportedly when they were returning the bribe money that they had taken from an individual for issuing a No Objection Letter (NOC) for land acquisition.
The arrested officers have been identified as Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board’s (KIADB) Special Land Acquisition Officer A.B Vijay Kumar and land surveyor Raghunath.
An individual had reportedly submitted a petition seeking NOC concerning 0.30 cents land of the ancient Duggalamma temple at Laggere. However, the KIADB’s Special Land Acquisition Officer A.B Vijay Kumar and land surveyor Raghunath are said to have received a bribe of 2.50 lakhs to provide the NOC. They received the bribe and later provided the NOC.
Following this, the petitioner complained to the KIADB Deputy Commissioner, it is learned.
While the senior officers were just preparing to begin an investigation into the matter, it is said that the KAS officers who received the bribe contacted the complainant/petitioner and requested that the complaint be withdrawn.
The accused officers were in the process of returning the 2.50 lakhs of bribe money in addition to an extra 50 thousand to salvage the situation, making a total of 3 lakh rupees when the Lokayukta police arrested both the officer, the Lokayukta press release detailed.
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Death toll from Israeli strikes in northeast Lebanon rises from 8 to 24, Lebanese news agency says
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It was the latest deadly toll in the area since the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah escalated last month.
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Lebanon's state National news Agency reported four airstrikes in different villages across country's northeast, saying rescuers were still searching for survivors in Younine, a town in the Bekaa Valley, from the rubble of a targeted house.
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