Kalaburagi: A Kalaburagi court on Thursday sentenced a tahsildar and her associate to four years in prison and imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 each after they were caught in a Lokayukta trap while accepting a bribe.Shashikala Padagatti, who served as the tahsildar of Afzalpur in 2017, and Shivananda Jamakhandi, who accepted the bribe money…
Jhansi: The anti-corruption team has arrested a sub inspector posted as in-charge of Baragaon Gate police outpost under city Kotwali and a constable while taking a bribe of Rs 10000 inside the police station premises on Tuesday evening while they were on duty in their uniform.As per the details, the victim Sanjiv Rai, a grain…
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has upheld the 1985 conviction of a consolidation lekhpal who was caught red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs 300, dismissing his 41-year-old criminal appeal and directing him to surrender before the trial court within four weeks.Justice Sanjiv Kumar affirmed the conviction and one-year rigorous imprisonment awarded to former lekhpal Mahesh…
The judgment also ordered the confiscation of Yang’s personal assets. (Representative image) A Chinese court on Monday sentenced former Nanjing economic development official Yang Youlin to death after finding him guilty of accepting bribes worth more than 2.21 billion yuan, or about $325 million, over a period of three decades.Besides bribery, Yang was convicted of…
Bengaluru: A district leprosy officer (DLO) attached to the department of health and family welfare was caught by Lokayukta police while accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 from a 25-year-old doctor for approving a Karnataka Private Medical Establishments (KPME) licence.Unani doctor Muffassir Ahmed Muzammil approached Lokayukta police against DLO Dr Bhujabali D Yalagudri, 54, accusing…
Bengaluru: A district leprosy officer (DLO) attached to the department of health and family welfare was caught by Lokayukta police while accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 from a 25-year-old doctor for approving a Karnataka Private Medical Establishments (KPME) licence.Unani doctor Muffassir Ahmed Muzammil approached Lokayukta police against DLO Dr Bhujabali D Yalagudri, 54, accusing…
Bengaluru: A city civil court recently directed the former chairman of Karnataka State Handicrafts Development Corporation Ltd (KSHDCL) to repay Rs 44.1 lakh for misusing public funds.The controversy dates back to Nov 2020, when govt appointed Beloor Raghavendra Shetty, a 42-year-old resident of Dollars Colony, as director and chairman of KSHDCL. Established in 1964, the…
Bengaluru: A special court for corruption cases registered and investigated by Lokayukta in Tumakuru held a former assistant executive engineer with Bescom-Kunigal and an electrical contractor guilty of accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 to install a transformer in 2014 and sentenced them to five years’ simple imprisonment with fine.The convicted are then AEE PN…
Surat: The talati of Talav Chora gram panchayat in Chikli taluka of Navsari and his aide were caught for allegedly seeking a bribe of Rs 40,000 to issue a no-objection certificate (NOC). The Surat unit of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) laid a trap and the Valsad-Dang ACB inspector nabbed two accused individuals.According to details, the…
Jaipur: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested three Karnataka Police personnel who were in the city for an investigation after allegedly catching one of them red-handed Sunday while receiving a bribe of Rs 40,000 to weaken a dowry harassment case.The arrested personnel were identified as sub-inspector Anitha K and head constables Ulavappa and Yatish, all posted…
