Lokayukta arrests Bengaluru Police inspector for alleged ₹4 lakh bribe
Raids ex-KIADB officer’s assets
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Lokayukta police on Thursday arrested a police inspector posted at KP Agrahara police station for allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹4 lakh from a builder in connection with a cheating case.
The accused, identified as Govindaraju, was reportedly caught red-handed at the City Armed Reserve (CAR) ground in Chamarajpet while receiving the money from Mohammed Akbar, who was facing a cheating case. Lokayukta officials told The Indian Express that Govindaraju had allegedly demanded ₹5 lakh to drop Akbar’s name from the case. Akbar had earlier paid ₹1 lakh in cash on January 24 and later approached the Lokayukta with a complaint.
On Thursday, Akbar called Govindaraju to the CAR grounds to hand over the remaining amount. The Lokayukta team laid a trap, coating the currency notes with phenolphthalein powder, and arrested the inspector when he allegedly accepted the money while in uniform and using his official vehicle, as reported by TIE.
In a separate action, Lokayukta officers conducted raids on the premises linked to former Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) officer Tejesh Kumar N and seized assets worth about ₹26.5 crore, including four sites, eight houses and 14 acres of agricultural land, officials said.
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MP primary school teacher suspended for mimicking PM over LPG prices, uploading video of act
Shivpuri (PTI): A government school teacher in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district was suspended after a video of him mimicking Prime Minister Narendra Modi while making satirical remarks on LPG cylinder prices went viral on social media, an official said on Saturday.
Saket Purohit, a teacher at the government primary school in Adivasi Mohalla Semarkhedi under Pohri block, was suspended with immediate effect late Friday night under the Madhya Pradesh Civil Services Rules, District Education Officer Vivek Srivastava told PTI.
In the video, Purohit can be heard stating that increase in gas prices would make people return to eating rotis cooked on traditional stoves, which would narrow the gap between the rich and the poor.
The probe by the district education office began after the video went viral, resulting in submission of a written complaint by Pichhore BJP MLA Preetam Lodhi.
In his complaint, Lodhi claimed such remarks and mimicry of the prime minister and public representatives by a government teacher violated service conduct rules and conveyed an inappropriate message to society.
Purohit was placed under suspension after the inquiry found that his act was contrary to the conduct rules applicable to government servants, Srivastava informed.
During the suspension period, Purohit would be posted at the block education office in Badarwas and he would be entitled to subsistence allowance as per rules, the official added.
A defiant Purohit, however, told reporters the action of suspending him was one-sided and that he neither received a show-cause notice nor was he given an opportunity to present his side.
"Action taken without a hearing is not justified," Purohit claimed.
