Kittur Tahsildar caught red-handed by Lokayukta: Rs 10 lakh, several documents seized
Belagavi: The Lokayukta police reportedly caught the tahsildar of Kittur taluk here red-handed while receiving bribe.
Tahsildar Somalingappa Halagi and a villager identified as G Prasanna were arrested by the Lokayukta police, and a case was registered in this regard.
It is learned that the Lokayukta police conducted extensive searches at the residence and office of the accused tahsildar until midnight on Friday. Various documents and cash amounting to Rs 10 lakh were also seized during the search operation.
The accused men, Somalingappa and G Prasanna, were taken to the residence of the Lokayukta judge and presented before him on Saturday morning. From there, the accused duo was taken to the Hindalga Central Jail.
A resident of Khodanaapur village in Kittur taluk, Rajendra Bapu Saheb Inamdar had applied to change the land account for a 10-acre property, which was under his father Bapu Saheb Inamdar’s name to his name. However the accused men had demanded Rs 5 lakh to process this change, it is learned. In this regard, the accused had demanded Rs 2 lakh to be paid in advance, Rajendra Bapu Saheb has said, in the complaint.
In the background of this, the Lokayukta police initiated a raid to uncover the truth and caught the tahsildar red-handed while receiving the bribe.
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IMF approves USD 206 million emergency funding for cyclone-hit Sri Lanka's recovery
Colombo (PTI): The IMF has approved an emergency funding of USD 206 million under its rapid finance instrument to help Sri Lanka “address the urgent needs arising from the catastrophic Cyclone Ditwah and preserve macroeconomic stability”.
The cyclone caused widespread destruction in the island nation and left over 643 people dead.
In a statement issued on Friday, the Washington-based International Monetary Fund (IMF) said the disaster has created urgent humanitarian and reconstruction needs, generating significant fiscal pressures and balance-of-payments needs.
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The emergency financial support provided by the IMF under the rapid finance instrument will help address these pressures, it said.
The IMF added that the cyclone devastation hit when the Fifth Review of Sri Lanka’s USD 2.9 billion bailout was nearing completion.
“Given the time needed to assess the economic impact of the cyclone and examine how an IMF-supported programme can best support Sri Lanka’s recovery and reconstruction efforts while preserving objectives and policy priorities, the Fifth Review has been deferred," it said.
"An IMF mission team will visit Sri Lanka in early 2026 to resume discussions,” it added.
The 48-month extended fund facility deal with the IMF in March 2023 carried hard reforms to Sri Lanka's welfare-based governance.
It was signed after Sri Lanka plunged into an unprecedented economic meltdown with its first-ever sovereign default.
Several hours before the IMF decision, the parliament here approved without a vote a supplementary estimate of LKR 500 billion, which the government said was required to restore the livelihoods of those affected by the disaster.
