Mounesh Vishwakarma
Daijiworld Media Network - Bantwal (RD/CN)
Bantwal, Oct 31: Lokayukta police arrested a village accountant and a retired assistant in a raid at Navoor gram panchayat, near here, on Monday October 31.
The arrested persons are village accountant Honnappa and Victor Pinto who is the retired assistant.
It is alleged that though Gilbert Pinto is the assistant in the gram panchayat, all his work has been handled by his father Victor Pinto, who is retired Village Assistant!
Lokayukta police arrested the duo red-handed while accepting bribe from a woman. The arrested have been produced before the court.
The two had demanded a bribe of Rs 5,000 from Sunita, for transferring the title deed. Accordingly, Sunita had paid Rs 2,000 and was supposed to pay the balance of Rs 3,000 on Monday October 31. In the meantime, Sunita lodged a complaint with Lokayukta police who laid a trap and arrested the duo.
Lokayukta SP Jagamayyanavar, DySP Varnekar, and sub-inspector Uday Nayak were involved in this operation.