Stenographer caught with ₹1 lakh bribe
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Bengaluru:01.12.2021
Sleuths from Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday caught a stenographer attached with the sub-registrar’s office, Malleswaram, while accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh on behalf of superintendent of the same office.
According to an ACB release, Meenakshi accepted the bribe on behalf of superintendent Somashekaraiah. A complaint was filed by an association member of Bescom contractors association. “Somashekaraiah demanded the bribe to initiate proceedings into the elections of Bescom contractors association. They should have been held in 2020 but were postponed due to Covid-19. Somashekaraiah asked for Rs 1 lakh to begin the election work,” the press note read.
GP secretary trapped
The same day, ACB officials caught a secretary with Gollahalli gram panchayat in Ramanagar while accepting Rs 18,000 bribe from a land owner to carry out an official favour. The accused, S Krishnappa, had demanded Rs 20,000 from a farmer for e-khata of his land, said the ACB release. The complainant had paid an advance of Rs 2,000 and the trap was set up when he visited Krishnappa to pay the remaining amount.
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