Mysuru: In a crackdown on corruption, Inspector Radha of Kuvempunagar Police Station in Mysuru was caught red-handed by the Lokayukta Police while accepting a bribe in connection with a case.

The incident took place when Inspector Radha allegedly demanded a bribe from a contractor whose cars had been seized by the Kuvempunagar police. The vehicles contained gold ornaments, property documents, a bank passbook, and an ATM card. In return for the release of the cars with the valuables, Inspector Radha demanded a bribe of Rs. 2 lakh.

Following this, the contractor lodged a complaint with the Lokayukta police on Thursday. Acting on the complaint, the Lokayukta Police conducted a raid at the Kuvempunagar Police Station and arrested Inspector Radha while she was accepting Rs. 50,000 as part of the bribe.

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The operation was executed under the supervision of Lokayukta Director General of Police Prashant Kumar Thakur and Inspector General of Police Subrahmaneswara Rao. The team included Superintendent of Police Sajeet VJ, DYSP Krishnaiah, and several police inspectors from the Mysuru Lokayukta Police Station, including Umesh, Jayaratna, Rupashree, Ravikumar, Ramesh, Gopi, Kantaraju, Prakash, Mohangowda, Veena, Pushpalatha, Divyashree, Netravathi, Pradeep, Parasurama, Mohan, and Lokesh.

Inspector Radha has been taken into custody by the Lokayukta Police, and further investigations are underway.

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Sydney, Jan 4: Batting great Sunil Gavaskar feels India will struggle to defend even 200 in case premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah is unable to bowl at full throttle on the third day of the fifth and final Test against Australia here on Sunday.

Bumrah had left the field for scans during the second day's post-lunch session after bowling just one over, having experienced some discomfort. However, he returned to the dressing room after undergoing precautionary scans for an unspecified niggle.

India pacer Prasidh Krishna said his skipper had suffered back spasm.

The medical team was monitoring him as India ended the day 145 runs in front with four second innings wickets left on a SCG track which is aiding the bowlers.

"Look, if India scores 40 more runs or they put 185 on the board then they have a great chance but it all depends on Jasprit Bumrah's fitness. If Jasprit Bumrah is fit then 145-150 might be enough. But if Bumrah is not fit then a score of around 200 also might not be enough," said Gavaskar on Star Sports on Saturday.

Gavaskar also said maintaining secrecy around Bumrah's status is not going to help the Australians, who have so far struggled to counter the threat posed by the Indian pace spearhead.

"One thing that I liked was when he came back after the scan, obviously it took a lot of time because the hospital is a bit far, but he looked in good shape and his body language was such that there was no indication of the Australian team and it is very important to maintain the secrecy.

"Because, tactically you do not want to announce whether Bumrah will be available for bowling or not, and even if he is not available and this news goes across the opposition dressing room because till now Australian batsmen haven't found out a way to counter him, they don’t know whether they should attack, defend, or whether they should play on front-foot.

"So to execute this plan it is important to maintain secrecy, so Bumrah and the Indian team management managed it quite well," Gavaskar said.

The pacer has already taken 32 wickets in the series, and had figures of 2/33 in 10 overs before leaving the field, having removed Marnus Labuschagne in the morning session and Usman Khawaja on the last ball of the first evening.