Mangalore: City Corporation Officials in Lokayukta Net
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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, Jul 2: The Lokayukta officials on Thursday July 1, caught Lakshminarayan, superintendent and Rama, a second division clerk, both working in the Suratkal sub office of the local city corporation, while accepting bribe in connection with the changing the Khata of some sites. The Lokayukta sleuths arrested both of them on Thursday afternoon.
Prabhananda Shenoy, a city-based tax consultant, had applied for the change of Khata of four sites, for which applications had been filed in the city corporation office. Shenoy reportedly was being harassed by the superintendent of Suratkal sub office of the corporation since the last seven to eight months, by unnecessarily delaying the said work. The official also is said to have promised Shenoy to get the needful done immediately, if the latter was prepared to pay him Rs 6,000.
Based on a complaint from Prabhanand Shenoy, the Lokayukta police laid a trap to nab the said officials. Lokayukta inspector, Uday Naik, said that both Lakshminarayan and Rama were arrested, as soon as they accepted Rs 2,500 from Shenoy and were placing the money so received in their table drawers. The said cash was also recovered from them.