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Mangalore: Lokayukta raid - Three APMC officials arrested, Rs 1.52 lac seized

  •   Thu, May 08 2014 01:00:34 PM


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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (SHS)

Mangalore, May 8: The Lokayukta officials swooped down on three officials of the Agricultural produce market committee (APMC) and arrested them for collecting bribes from tax defaulters.

The raid operation that started at around 11 pm on Wednesday May 7 went on till 7 am on Thursday May 8.


Three officials - joint director of APMC enforcement department B Satish Kumar, and lower rank officials Jagadishaiah and Venkateshaiah were arrested and are expected to be produced in court in the afternoon.

While Satish Kumar was arrested from a club in Kadri here, Jadadishaiah and Venkateshaiah, both from Bangalore, were arrested from a hotel in Puttur.

Lokayukta DSP Umesh Shet said that the officials seized Rs 1.52 lac of illegal money from the three accused.

It is said that the three of them, instead of penalising agricultural merchants who evaded tax, used to collect bribes in return for shielding them. The Lokayukta officials who learnt of this, conducted the raids.
  

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  • sbanary, saudi/Mangalore

    Sat, May 10 2014

    What is noticed that in D.K majority of the Shop owners are not providing pakka receipt. by saying that if you need pakka receipt you need to pay 12.5% VAT. especially small and medium scale furniture dealers. Branded companies maintain their status.

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  • flavian dsouza, chik/banaglore

    Fri, May 09 2014

    has any police officers being arrested by lok ahuykta so far ?? also catch the big fish especially sales tax, customs, excise, electricity boards etc

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  • thomas, india

    Fri, May 09 2014

    its not only the LOKYUKTHA ..al of usre ANNA HAZARES. KEJRIWALS.
    if someone is corrupting ..looting ..cheating then it is the right of at the people spot the disease the menace ..so. before the police ..lokyuktha arrive ..catch the culprit and take them to task on
    the spot....
    this is the only way to stop..this mess ..peoples power..peoples verdict...
    do alright and no wrong for the PEOPLE ..they come before us..
    start now immaterial any office any govt. office ..if there is no discipline..if someone asking for bribes catch him by his throat then and there...
    no one is above law..these are criminals....
    however big his position is...let us put then in their place at the right time...
    they have been GOVT Servants to serve the people and not LOOT/CHEAT the people.understand well.

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  • Mann, bangalore

    Fri, May 09 2014

    From the number of raids conducted so far, it seems to me LA raids only those officials who do not bribe them. That is why so few raids.
    Like @Prakash, Mangalore pointed out - LA can take the clue and do the necessary, if LA is really against corruption!!

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  • prakash, mangalore

    Fri, May 09 2014

    Dear Lokayuktha.
    Try to open your ears and eyes. This incident is just to fool the citizens. Go and stand inside sub-registrars office, mangalore for a day or two. The officials are eating the money in lacks/day. They are taking the money openly from brokers and putting into their drawers. Some times they threat the junior people if they pay less bribe. We can't even imagine the amount of black money they accumulating every month/year.

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  • Shekar Moily Padebettu, Udupi/Taluk

    Thu, May 08 2014

    This is only a drama and this arrested people will be relieved soon on bail and this so called corruption continues as before and this cannot be stopped.Ok fine,only news about the arrest is being published and after that post-arrest news will not appear.What happens,what action has been taken and what happened to the money collected etc will not be published.Why? But good move by Lokayukta officials.Keep it up.

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  • Mann, bangalore

    Thu, May 08 2014

    we can only request Daiji to find out and publish here what happened to the already arrested corrupt officials.
    That news will help us believe in LA if actions are taken or not to believe them if action against the corrupt officials is not taken. Like I said earlier if this news published just for us to know they are around, they better not publish this kind of news at all.

    @ Shekar M. Padebettu, Udupi

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  • SAFWAN, SHAHAMA/uae

    Thu, May 08 2014

    ಮಾನ್ತ ಉಳಾಯಿ ಪಾಡಂದ ಎಂಚ ಅಣ್ಣ , ದುಡ್ಡು ಸರ್ಕಾರಗ್ಲ ಪೋವಡ್ ! ಮೂಲು ಮಸ್ತ್ ಬೇಲೆ ಅಯೇರೆ ಬಾಕಿ ಉಂಡು ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆ ಅವೋಡು ಸ್ಟೇಡಿಯಂ ಮಲ್ಪೋದು ! ಬೊಕ್ಕ ರೋಡು, ಇಂಚಂದ ಎಂಚ ?

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  • oswald lobo, mangalore

    Thu, May 08 2014

    taking bribe is a common matter in all the government offices in India. work done only on bribe.

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  • srimallar, mangalore

    Thu, May 08 2014

    I remember this person Mr. Sathish was arrested earlier for a similar offence from shomoga or sagar

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  • Prakash, Mangalore

    Thu, May 08 2014

    DEAR LOKAYUKTA PLS. CATCH BIG FISH LIKE LOBOUR OFFICERS, LABOUR INSPECTORS, DIRECTOR OF FACTORIES & BOILERS, LABOUR COMMISIONERS.

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  • Ravi B Shenava, Mangalore

    Thu, May 08 2014

    All these three corrupt officers are having political God-fathers. So, surely they will come out unscathed and will be rewarded with promotion shortly.

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  • Rockey , Mangi

    Thu, May 08 2014

    In Mangalore specially Govt Serve Guys asking Bribe to scale land and clear the documents and especially the do work after 10 or 20 Visits their office ...

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, Bahrain

    Thu, May 08 2014

    Lokayukta in the past has caught a number of officials for corruption and taking bribe and also assets disproportionate to their earnings. What happened to all of them ? Any progress so far on a single case ? The corruption will continue as long as the law is lenient to the corrupt. Sub logone toh Kanoon ka DAJIYA udaya, shame!!

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  • Rockey , Mangalore

    Thu, May 08 2014

    Its Wrong Number i think ..... Now a days Deal in Small Gudangadi Give money and collect documents from there

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  • satish, kudla

    Thu, May 08 2014

    Lokayukta ...if needed can tent permanently in all government offices .I am sure then can collect same amount on a daily basis or even more.... :) Why not place a monitoring camera over every officers head ...in all government offices and police stations .

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  • Rita , Germany

    Fri, May 09 2014

    @Satish Kudla, as per experience camera may not bring light in many times because there are some chamchas who give signs in Offices that everything is arranged and then only files are opened. Their "payment"will be distributed out of the Office premises. so functions in some Offices. The Client gives to chamcha and rest is not worth saying.

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  • Sachidanand Shetty, Mundkur/Dubai

    Thu, May 08 2014

    Taking bribe from Tax Defaulters also a crime. I am sure Tax Defaulters may owe more 1.52 Lakhs bribe money they have given!!!! I think our “Lokayukta Officials” are allowed to raid only petty thieves else they could have collected Crores of Rupees from CWG, 2G, Coalgate, and Helicopter Scamsters

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  • haris, dubai

    Thu, May 08 2014

    Send them to Tihar Jail for permanent.

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  • Roshan, Mangalore

    Thu, May 08 2014

    Until the time the corrupt officers are not dismissed from their services with immediate effect nothing concrete can happen with all these raids. Three things necessary.

    1. Dismiss the corrupt with immediate effect.
    2. Confiscate the illegitimate wealth.
    3. Ensure the confiscated wealth is used for the society without any leakage, with complete transparency.

    Currently, these raids are like status symbol to ensure higher yields in the future.

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  • Justice for all, USA

    Thu, May 08 2014

    The Lokayuktha should also appoint informants (spy) and pay them a certain percentage of confiscated illegal money and assets. Also, dig deeper into the illegal assets of close relatives. Throw a few corrupt officials on the street confiscating all their possession and then only the strong message can be sent about the corruption

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