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Mangalore: Asst Director of Tourism Dept Caught Red-handed by Lokayukta Sleuth

Thu, Jan 20 2011 05:24:00 PM

Mangalore: Asst Director of Tourism Dept Caught Red-handed by Lokayukta Sleuth

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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (PS/VA)

Mangalore, Jan 20: On the complaints received by Yathish Baikampady, CEO, Panambur beach tourism development project, the Lokayukta sleuths led by SP Jagamayyanawar DYSP Sadananda Varnekar along with inspectors Uday Naik, Dilip Kumar and Laxmikanth conducted a raid and arrested Adi Laxmamma, who is an assistant director of Tourism department.

She allegedly demanded bribe from Yathish Baikampady for receiving the tender from Jyothi advertisers. The tender is called for the development of Tannirbavi beach to bring the similar status of Panambur beach and its maintenance.

Yathish had applied for a tender to take up the development project of Tannir Bavi beach which is scheduled to be auctioned.

Other companies had also applied and Adi Laxmi was trying to bargain with all. Yathish, however contacted Lokayukta police seeking help from them. They made Yathish to speak to Adi Laxmamma on the phone and the conversation recorded clearly revealed that Laxmamma demanded Rs 10,000 from him to act in favour of him.

She directed him to give the money in Panambur beach at 1.00 pm today. Lokayukta police arrested her red handedly with the bribe money.

However speaking to Daijiworld, Adi Laxmamma defended herself and said she had come there as they had just offered her a lunch, and she had no intention of taking money.

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isaac vas, Mangalore
Sun, Jan 23 2011
I wish Mr.Kumar S and Mr.Cannuit had got their facts right before writing in an open forum like this. The Asst.Director of Tourism invovled in this case has been recently given charge of D.K. Transformation of Panambur beach from a garbage strewn beach, frequented by anti-social elements to a safe and secure beach where no drowning deaths have taken place during the last few years is no easy job. Today one can visit Panambur beach with your family even in the late evenings and spend a quiet time with nature. Has Mr.Kumar verified the accounts and the beach festival and come to the conclusion that he has arrived? Is he a face reader to suggest something like this? Mr.Kumar next time when you come across a situation where you have to pay a bribe, be whistle blower and then you will know it requires courage and conviction to do that.

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aryamurthy, kundapur
Sat, Jan 22 2011
WHY DONT MORE PEOPLE COME OUT WITH COURAGE AND EXPOSE MORE OTHER CORRUPT OFFICIALS IN CORPORATION, DC OFFICES ETC..THIS MAY ATLEAST CREATE SOME AWARENESS IN THEM BEFORE THEY HOLD PEOPLE TO RANSOM.

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Kamath, Ujire
Sat, Jan 22 2011
This whole phenomenon shows how this rot or cancer is corroding the entire society. Unles there is a moral renaissance, it is doubtful we will ever attain a decent society.

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Jacintha Soares, Katapadi/Dubai
Sat, Jan 22 2011
Lokayuktha cannot catch corrupt politicians like Yeddy who is taking crores worth scam. Well done.

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ajithkumar, DIFC-DUBAI UAE
Fri, Jan 21 2011
Electronic City,Knowledge City,Media city-Let Karnataka Govt Develop a new city Called Corruption City!!! at Bangalore to study about corruption

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Zahoor Ahmed, Karkal / Dammam(KSA)
Fri, Jan 21 2011
We all are responsible for the present situation of great india

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Rajesh Nayak, Mangalore
Fri, Jan 21 2011
Once she completes her term in office (don't worry she will, even though she's caught for asking bribe), she will stand for elections under BJP ticket. We need people like her to make money for BJP under honorable CM yeddiurappa guidance.

jai ho BJP

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Kumar S., Mangalore, Dubai
Fri, Jan 21 2011
Don’t pat the back of a wrong person? Some thing fishy here. First of all how Mr.Yatish is involved with Jyoti Advertisers? Is it his own Company? If yes being a CEO of Panambur Tourism development project, he must have pressurised her to favour his Advertising firm. When she did not agree & he must have trapped her. Why because, since last few years both are working with co-ordination for all the Beach festivals & Karavali Utsav project.
It is understood from the local fisherman that Mr.Yatish is minting money during organizing Beach Festivals & Karavali Utsav for the last few years. Lots of cash money (payments) is involved during the festivals. Making the locals to work hard by giving them late night parties & actual budgeted amount will be misused.

Please once again see his picture & you can read his face easily.

Anyway who ever guilty should be punished. Time & Tide waits for no one. Time comes for every one.

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Shivanand Shetty, Yekkar
Fri, Jan 21 2011
well done Yathish. I feel all of us (citizens of India) should take the first as what Mr. Yathish Baikampady has taken to stand infront of the corruption

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Peter, Mudarangadi
Fri, Jan 21 2011
Jago Grahak Jago.

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Maxim, Melbourne
Fri, Jan 21 2011
Laxmamma Did you say they offered” lunch” only. There is nothing called “free lunch” in this world. How about paying up for your sins now?

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cannuit, karkala
Fri, Jan 21 2011
Dear all, Dont parise Yathish for this incedent. do you think that after geting this tender Yathish would done the job (work) according to the standards, looks like he itself a big corrupt guy dont belive these kind of people who ask for the help of lokayuktha, he must have been offerd her this amountin the biginning. then he called infront of the lokayuktha leaders toput her in truoble.... dot you agree with this ? i like some people has mentioned that there is some fishy goingon like Jayaprakash / Bobby Malhothra..

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Alwyn Crasta, neermarga, mangalore
Fri, Jan 21 2011
What madam it's very sad.
u take one Rs. or Ten Thousand or lunch ( all called bribe )

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Diwakar, Bangalore
Fri, Jan 21 2011
This is the tiny mirror image of the present rulers of the Karnataka state. To purchase the MLAs looking from avenues from every corner. No wonder why business houses are being shifted from this state one by one. Infosys also shifted half of its capacity to Pune

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Fr. francis Assisi, Advocate, padukone/ mangalore
Fri, Jan 21 2011
It is in vain to catch such people, unless all of us, the citizens of india stop giving bribes. As long as there are people to offer bribes to accomplish their personal works, such receivers shall be there.

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Bobby Malhotra, Mulki
Fri, Jan 21 2011
she is innocent..give her one more chance to live..firstofall we should stop bribing other's to do our work fast..only than corruption will vanish from society..otherwise no use to comment on other's false..we only spoiled the society even in god's house to bribe to have 'darshan' quickly Jai Ho..

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Robert Lewis, Mangalore/Bahrain
Thu, Jan 20 2011
This is not a surprise in our Mangalore. You got to any Govt.offices in Udupi/Brahmavar/D.K.nothinhg works without giving bribe to clerical to officers sply.taluk offices without giving bribe paper/file will not move one table to another table even it will take year, every time go and asked saying file is in officer table(chakar kato) who has time to visiting several times people get fed up, who to do, great job. Hats off u, and I am very proud of u.

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JRAO,
Thu, Jan 20 2011
ADI LAKHMAMMA SPENT TO OCCUPY THE POST IS GETTING BACK HER BRIBE MONEY. POOR MADAM AS A DIRECTOR DOES NOT KNOW PAYING BRIBE AT THE FIRST INSTANCE AND RECOVERING IT BACK LATER BOTH ARE OFFENSE. JAI HO

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KT, Mangalore
Thu, Jan 20 2011
Bribery has become “right to take” for all those cronies who hold some position. They know they can get out of this easily. All these corrupt should be put in jail and throw the keys in Arabian ocean. Unless you don’t see a prominent leader in jail these things will only increase.

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Hashim, Kodi,Kundapura
Thu, Jan 20 2011
Mr.Yathish is really great job done by you,i will salute you heartly,In this corrupted world we have still hope that some people like you,can change and guide others young people who born in this country.May god bless you in every step that you started our good wishes always with you.Shall i call you Nayakan.

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flavian dsouza, chikmagaalur/banaglore
Thu, Jan 20 2011
LOkayukta is not serious and getting into too much of show business ..there are crores being looted in city corporations pwd cpwd zilla panchayats tax officials every engineer is worth crores!!!!

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Rupert, Mangalore/Canada
Thu, Jan 20 2011
She is a small fry. What about the Karnataka chief minister and his croonies?

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K. S. Mayya, Mangalore/South Korea
Thu, Jan 20 2011
With all respects, Calorie-rich Madam Laxmamma actually needs dieting not free lunch.

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raj, Mangalore
Thu, Jan 20 2011
Note that at the end she said she had no intention to take money and came to have offered lunch. Then what about conversation in the phone and what about Rs.10000. Punish this small worms first.

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jayaprakash, mangalore
Thu, Jan 20 2011
why will she take bribe of only 10,000 RS?......
something fishy n suspicious.

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Wolly James, Mangalore/Germany
Thu, Jan 20 2011
This is very strange. For Rs 10,000.someone is taking a bribe.Why would someone have objection to get their work done for a mere 10 Thousend RS. This is
surely a grudge againt this govt.officer. No one will go to the police for Rs 10,000.. It smells fould here.

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Edmond Noronha, Kirem - Sharjah
Thu, Jan 20 2011
If only any research student can make a study of such incidents and make a profile!!!

Make a case study of this particular individul and hang this on every Govt. Offices.

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vasant raj, udupi/Abudhabi
Thu, Jan 20 2011
She looks like big shark, catch her immediately, before she will get some influence.

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hilly, udupi
Thu, Jan 20 2011
this is nothing new u go to any govt office in udupi/D.K nothing works specailly in thasildars office all are rogues need to be kept behind bars.what can a common man do when our CM is also corrupt.

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shan, Mangalore/ Riyadh
Thu, Jan 20 2011
Lokayukta cought a THIMINGILA at the Panambur beach. Wah! There are lots of bangude to thimingila's around Mangalore. Catch them and put them behind the bar.

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MOHAN, MANGALURU
Thu, Jan 20 2011
MOTHERINDIA

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Maxim Dsouza, mangalore
Thu, Jan 20 2011
Yathish, we Mangaloreans are very proud of you. Keep it up & God bless.

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KT, Mangalore
Thu, Jan 20 2011
“Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase.”Good example for her children

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Rafi Ahmad Ali, Mangalore @ Riyadh KSA
Thu, Jan 20 2011
Adi Laxmamma, this is not at all 'ADI' (first) and sure there won't be 'ANTHYA' (end) for Bribe.

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C. Saldanha, Kadri
Thu, Jan 20 2011
Congratulations Yatish. Wish you good luck. God bless you.

Cyprian Edwin Saldanha

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TSPA, Oman
Thu, Jan 20 2011
Good Job Mr YAthish ..These govt officials from other parts of karnataka have looted money from DK amd udupi districts ..More such govt scoundrels should be brought to books..WE need to see more such traps laid.

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Pami, Mangalore
Thu, Jan 20 2011
Our top lokayukta officer are fit for this they should get award for this work....

but we common people are blind our govt is looting our natural resource (Mines) worth thousands of cores, & government land another thousands of cores, but our brave heroes of lokayakta cought a lady that to red handed accepting 10,000. my god, realy great work by hero great. Jai hindutva jai BJP , Jai Reddy, Jai yeddi..

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yadav shetty, mangalore
Thu, Jan 20 2011
I had the same sentiments as Mr. L. N. Rego. I realized that we accept Men be corrupt, but women we still have reservations. However, Law should be the same and the punishment should fit the crime. We only need to take it to the next level and get the powerful ministers and businessmen to their Knees. It is due to their leadership that these type of activities occur.
Yatish has done a good job but it could be that he switched loyalties when the bargaining started and he perhaps was at the loosing end. They need to punish all the others who responded to the tenders and disqualify or fine them if they had discussed bribe with the lady and not informed the authorities right away. It always takes two hands to clap.

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Felix F.,, India/Ksa
Thu, Jan 20 2011
Lokayukta police arrested her red handedly with the bribe money.

However speaking to Daijiworld, Adi Laxmamma defended herself and said she had come there as they had just offered her a lunch, and she had no intention of taking money.

Who should be belived.? LY says arrested her red handedly with the bribe money. Where as according to Adi Laxmamma, the money was not in her possession. (had no intention of taking money)

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Rudy, Mangalore
Thu, Jan 20 2011
Laxmamma, Neevu hattu laksha yeke kelalilla amma? hattu savira sakamma? Innu yenu bekamma?

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Sunil Vittal, Mangalore/New Delhi
Thu, Jan 20 2011
Dear Mr. Yathish..i was goin through ur face book profile yesterday and today ur in news...great. And im happy that u have done a good job..until these kind of corrupt people exist in our country ..there is no hope for the developement. Hope for the best in future and and hope u will succeed in ur mission. Hats off to u.

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Bulsam, Mangalore
Thu, Jan 20 2011
Yathish, we Mangaloreans are very proud of you. Keep it up & God bless.
You are the inspiration to other Mangaloreans and also a veiled warning to the corrupt Govt servants of this region.
Jai Mangalore!

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L N Rego, Bendur
Thu, Jan 20 2011
What values this lady can teach her children who call her as MOTHER?

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HENRY MISQUITH, MANGALORE/BAHRAIN
Thu, Jan 20 2011
These corrupt officials should be immediately put behind bars. Society should revolt against these corrupt people, that's what Hegde has supposed to have commented.

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robert dsouza, kinnigoli
Thu, Jan 20 2011
this is a small bakri, like this how many bakra's are their, no one have daring to complain,yathish have done good job

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Praveen, Kudla
Thu, Jan 20 2011
Betrayal by Yathish Baikampady. Why did you agree to pay her bribe in the first place?? You agree to pay her bribe and invited her to a particular place. You are also responsible for encouraging bribery.

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Rohan, Mangalore
Thu, Jan 20 2011
Yathish Baikampady, Congrats.The city needs lot more people like you.It is amazing to the number of people caught by Lokayukta under corruption.It is the time to clean up and drive away the rats.

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Anand Rao P., Mangalore
Thu, Jan 20 2011
Yathish Baikampady . . man of honour . . good job sir . . It is very important to act against the corruption rather than giving speech on corruption.

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Deepak Dsilva, Paladka/Dubai
Thu, Jan 20 2011
Oh my god, she is calling 10,000rs as LUNCH. I am imagining for 100,000 Aed she will call dinner. And imagine BUFFET DINNER, IT WILL BE 1 CRORE. LAXAMMA god only save you now. Why you want so expensive lunch?

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ISMAIL K PERINJE, PERINJE/YANBU-KSA
Thu, Jan 20 2011
It shows female also not far behind in corruption compared to male.She is in her evening time of service which may prompted to have some bucks."Corruption is rampnt in India"to check the reasons and to vote pls visit TOI.

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Ronald, Bejai/Mumbai
Thu, Jan 20 2011
This is a very small amount!
What about deep-sea fishers?
While cathing small fisherman!

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Aslam shaikh, Dubai
Thu, Jan 20 2011
The request all citizens to approch lokayukth and assist them to be cought red handed

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Manohara Pai, Mangalore
Thu, Jan 20 2011
Poor lady, wanted to make some pocket money before her retirement. After all, she is functioning in a state headed by a corrupt CM. Corruption is the order of the day. So, what's wrong in it anyway ? Does the Lokayuktha dare to arrest Yeddy ???

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Langoolacharya, Belman/USA
Thu, Jan 20 2011
People,

I always thought women are less corrupt than men, after this perhaps I have to change my opinion....

Jai Hooooooooooooooooooooooo

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Lionel Aranha, Mangalore
Thu, Jan 20 2011
Hats off to Yatish!
I'm proud of you.

Is she so stupid to defend herself by saying that she had come there as 'they had just offered her a lunch'. Isn't that a bribe too?

Kudos pal!

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Floyd Sequeira, Kuwait / Pangla
Thu, Jan 20 2011
Good job Yathish

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