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Time of India
4 days ago
- Time of India
Lokayukta traps Mescom engineer while accepting bribe
Udupi: Sleuths of Karnataka Lokayukta (Mangaluru division) caught an assistant executive engineer (AEE) of Mescom office in Brahmavar, Udupi, while allegedly accepting a bribe on Friday. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Ashok Poojary, Mescom AEE, allegedly harassed a person for about two months for providing an electricity connection to a house. To provide the connection, Poojary demanded a bribe of Rs 20,000 from the complainant. Unwilling to pay a bribe for a govt service, the complainant reported the matter to the Udupi Lokayukta police station, said Kumarachandra, SP (in-charge), Lokayukta. On Friday morning, Poojary was caught by Lokayukta police at the Brahmavar Mescom office while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from the complainant. The officer was taken into custody, and the investigation is going on, he said. Manjunath, in-charge deputy superintendent of police, Lokayukta, Udupi, Rajendra Naik, M, police inspector, Lokayukta, Udupi, and Bharati, G, police inspector, Lokayukta, Mangaluru, along with staff from the Udupi and Mangalore Lokayukta stations were part of the operation.
Time of India
30-05-2025
- Time of India
Govt official booked in bribery case
Mangaluru: The Karnataka Lokayukta Mangaluru division filed a case against an official from the department of legal metrology for attempting to offer a bribe to the station officer at the Mangaluru Lokayukta. Kumarachandra, superintendent of police (in-charge), Lokayukta, stated that when the complainant, a police inspector at the Karnataka Lokayukta in Mangaluru was on duty at the Mangaluru Lokayukta police station around 11.15 am on Friday, Praveen Naik, owner of Prashanth Oil Industries, and Gajendra V Edake, assistant controller at the department of legal metrology, came to the station. They informed the station staff that they needed to provide information to the police inspector. Gajendra then spoke to the inspector, requesting that no cases be filed or raids conducted against him or his department by the Lokayukta. He offered a bribe of Rs 25,000 every three months to the Lokayukta station. Following this, a case was registered against Gajendra at the Mangaluru Lokayukta police station. The SP said that the officer, who attempted to offer a bribe to the station officer, was taken into custody for investigation. Lokayukta deputy superintendents of police Gana P Kumar, Suresh Kumar P, inspectors Bharati G and Chandrashekhar KN were part of the operation.
Time of India
28-05-2025
- Time of India
Mines dept DD caught accepting bribe
Mangaluru: The Lokayukta police of Mangaluru allegedly caught deputy director of mines and geology department, Krishnaveni, taking a bribe of Rs 50,000 to give permission to extract laterite stones and level land in Ullal taluk. A statement from the Lokayukta police said that the complainant applied to the mines and geology department seeking permission to extract laterite stones and level land to construct a house in Ira village of Ullal taluk on Oct 28, 2024. Subsequently, the Ullal tahsildar gave a NoC for the same on March 21, 2025. However, the mines and geology department refused to give permission to the complainant. When he approached Krishnaveni in this regard, she called Pradeep, a staff member, and asked him to collect Rs 50,000 from the complainant to give the permission. The complainant later lodged a complaint against Krishnaveni and Pradeep with the Lokayukta police in Mangaluru. On Wednesday, the Lokayukta cops caught Krishnaveni's driver, Madhu, red-handed when receiving Rs 50,000 from the complainant on her behalf. Both of them were immediately taken into custody. A case was booked against Krishnaveni, staff member Pradeep, and driver Madhu. This operation was carried out under the direction of Kumarachandra, superintendent of police (in-charge), Karnataka Lokayukta, Mangaluru, along with deputy superintendent of police Gana P Kumar, Suresh Kumar P, inspectors Bharati G and Chandrashekhar KN, and Udupi Lokayukta police station's inspectors Manjunath and Rajendra Naik, along with other Lokayukta personnel from Mangaluru and Udupi.
Time of India
24-05-2025
- Time of India
Lokayukta unearths irregularities at Pilikula
Mangaluru: A surprise visit conducted by the Karnataka Lokayukta, Mangaluru division, on Friday at the Pilikula Nisargadhama unearthed several irregularities. The surprise visit was conducted by DSPs Gana P Kumar, Suresh Kumar P, police inspectors Bharathi J and Chandrashekhar KN, along with their team. SP (in-charge) Kumarachandra stated that during the inspection, several irregularities were found in the administration of the Pilikula Development Authority. Despite the zoo generating significant revenue, the authority does not appear to be spending funds on its improvement. It was observed that the staff receive low wages and are not provided with any health benefits. Although there was an order to transfer the zoo's management to the forest department, the authority delayed this transfer. It was also noted that the authority has not collected revenue from some organisations that leased land, the SP said. Irregularities were found in the tender process, and information is being gathered to submit a comprehensive report to the Lokayukta central office, he added. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Brother's Day wishes , messages and quotes !
India Today
08-05-2025
- India Today
Karnataka Lokayukta raids four government officials for unaccounted wealth
The Karnataka Lokayukta police on Thursday conducted raids at multiple locations linked to four government officials, as part of ongoing investigations into disproportionate assets cases against per the Lokayukta, the officials under investigation are Survey Supervisor in the office of the Additional Director of Land Records in Kolar Taluk Suresh Babu G; Raja Venkatappa Nayak, who is a Taluk Health Officer in Surpur, Yadgir district; MB Ravi, an Assistant Executive Engineer with the Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board in Davangere, and G Srinivas Murthy, Assistant Executive Engineer in the Water Resources Department, raids led to the seizure of unaccounted cash, valuables and several incriminating documents from residences and offices associated with the officials, said sources within Lokayukta. The operation was carried out early in the morning to prevent any destruction or tampering of evidence. This development comes weeks after the Lokayukta had conducted a similar raid in April against a government engineer in Ballari; assets worth over Rs 8 crore were recovered, including luxury cars, properties and gold in that raid. In March, too, Karnataka Lokayukta Police conducted raids across the state in connection with disproportionate assets cases against eight government officers. Two of the accused government officers were from Bengaluru and one each from Kolar, Kalaburgi, Davanagere, Tumakuru, Bagalakote and Vijayapura. IN THIS STORY#Karnataka
