Karnataka’s Lokayukta police have arrested a panchayat improvement officer (PDO) and one other authorities official for demanding a bribe of Rs 30,000 to make a minor correction in an digital property certificates.
The arrested accused—PDO Mohammed Ali and secretary Suresh P H—labored within the Kambadal Hosuru grama panchayat in Bhadravathi taluk of Shivamogga district, Lokayukta officers stated on Wednesday.
Divakar, a resident of the district, had approached the officers with a request to make a correction within the e-khata of a property however the accused officers allegedly demanded Rs 30,000 for it.
Divakar filed a grievance earlier than the Lokayukta police, which then laid a entice and Suresh was allegedly caught red-handed whereas accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000. Ali was subsequently arrested.
E-khata is an digital property certificates that maintains possession data in a web based database, serving as a substitute for the normal paper-based khata. It goals to enhance transparency, get rid of fraudulent dealings or duplicate transactions, and simplify the method.
Good Metropolis chief engineer held
In one other incident, the Lokayukta police arrested M Krishnappa, chief engineer accountable for the Shivamogga Good Metropolis venture, for demanding a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from an government of a personal agency.
Excessive Personal Restricted had secured a 2019 tender to handle advertisements on seven digital show boards and the Good Metropolis workplace owed the agency Rs 11.16 lakh. Krishnappa allegedly demanded a bribe from Pavan M S, the agency’s government website engineer, to course of the pending cost.
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Unwilling to pay the bribe, Pavan filed a grievance with the police, which arrested Krishnappa whereas he was allegedly accepting the bribe.
An officer stated that Krishnappa had retired as a chief engineer however sought an extension.
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