MYSURU: The anti-corruption bureau on Monday said the cops have trapped two top officers including the Joint Director of Mysuru District Industries Centre (DIC) while allegedly receiving money from complainants in Mysuru, Karnataka.
Mysuru division ACB in-charge SP and DySP M Dharmendra said following complaints that government officers have been demanding money for official work, sleuths of ACB laid traps and caught them.
DIC joint director DK Lingaraju had allegedly demanded Rs 1.5 lakh bribe from the complainant to release the subsidy amount of Rs 25 lakh. The complaint had taken Rs 2 crore loan from Karnataka State Finance Corporation to set up and relocate a small-scale industry in 2019. The complainant had received a Rs 25 lakh subsidy from the government. To release the subsidy, the officers placed demand and had allegedly taken Rs 25,000 on January 28, and was trapped after receiving Rs 1.25 lakh in his office on Monday, the in-charge SP stated.
In another case, an excise inspector belonging to Range-4 was trapped after he allegedly received Rs 50,000 from a complainant. Dharmendra said excise inspector AR Yashavanth had demanded Rs 1 lakh bribe from a CL -2 licensee who was running a shop in Mellahalli village in Mysuru taluk. The excise official cooked up a story that another person is seeking permission to open a wine shop in the village and to reject his application, the officer demanded a bribe from the complainant-licensee, the SP stated. Initially, the officer demanded Rs 1 lakh, he stated. Soon after the licensee lodged a complaint on Monday a trap was laid at a marriage hall in Mysuru city, he stated.
Investigation in both cases is underway, the in-charge SP stated.
Mysuru division ACB in-charge SP and DySP M Dharmendra said following complaints that government officers have been demanding money for official work, sleuths of ACB laid traps and caught them.
DIC joint director DK Lingaraju had allegedly demanded Rs 1.5 lakh bribe from the complainant to release the subsidy amount of Rs 25 lakh. The complaint had taken Rs 2 crore loan from Karnataka State Finance Corporation to set up and relocate a small-scale industry in 2019. The complainant had received a Rs 25 lakh subsidy from the government. To release the subsidy, the officers placed demand and had allegedly taken Rs 25,000 on January 28, and was trapped after receiving Rs 1.25 lakh in his office on Monday, the in-charge SP stated.
In another case, an excise inspector belonging to Range-4 was trapped after he allegedly received Rs 50,000 from a complainant. Dharmendra said excise inspector AR Yashavanth had demanded Rs 1 lakh bribe from a CL -2 licensee who was running a shop in Mellahalli village in Mysuru taluk. The excise official cooked up a story that another person is seeking permission to open a wine shop in the village and to reject his application, the officer demanded a bribe from the complainant-licensee, the SP stated. Initially, the officer demanded Rs 1 lakh, he stated. Soon after the licensee lodged a complaint on Monday a trap was laid at a marriage hall in Mysuru city, he stated.
Investigation in both cases is underway, the in-charge SP stated.
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