The Karnataka authorities has reinstated IAS officer J Manjunath, who was beforehand arrested on bribery prices this yr, and appointed him as particular officer and ex-officio joint secretary to the well being and household welfare division. The order was issued by the state authorities on Monday.
Manjunath was arrested by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officers in July over bribery allegations. He was then the Bengaluru (city) deputy commissioner (DC).
In Could 2021, ACB officers arrested deputy tahsildar Mahesh P S and contract employee Chetan after they have been allegedly trapped whereas receiving a bribe of Rs 5 lakh to get a beneficial order from the deputy commissioner’s court docket over a land dispute. They have been working within the deputy commissioner’s workplace. The Karnataka Excessive Courtroom, which was listening to the case, had taken ACB to process for not questioning or interrogating Manjunath, who was later arrested and suspended.
In September, a particular court docket granted default bail to Manjunath after the ACB did not file a cost sheet inside 60 days as stipulated. Within the bail order, the court docket additionally mentioned that the officer can not go away the nation with out informing the court docket and can’t go away the state with out the permission of the investigating officer.
Nevertheless, the state authorities later dissolved the ACB and the circumstances have been transferred to the Lokayukta.