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Town planning official caught taking three lakh rupee bribe
A Member Secretary and driver in Karnataka were arrested red-handed accepting a bribe to convert land use in Manvi.
In brief
A Member Secretary and driver in Karnataka were arrested red-handed accepting a bribe to convert land use in Manvi. Lokayukta police arrested a town planning official and driver in Yadgir for accepting three lakh rupees to process land conversion from non-agricultural to commercial use. Originally reported by The…
Official and driver arrested for bribe
Lokayukta police caught Sharanappa, Member Secretary of Town Planning Office Manvi, and driver Santosh Kumar red-handed accepting three lakh rupees at Yadgir Urban Development Authority office on Friday.
Bribe demanded for land conversion
The accused allegedly demanded three lakh rupees from Sudhakar, a Manvi resident, to process and execute official duties converting non-agricultural sites into commercial land in Manvi.
Case filed under corruption law
A case has been registered under Section seven A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, nineteen eighty-eight Amendment Act two thousand eighteen. Deputy Superintendent of Police Shivanand Pawadashetty led the trap operation.
The bottom line
Lokayukta police arrested a town planning official and driver in Yadgir for accepting three lakh rupees to process land conversion from non-agricultural to commercial use.
