Mangaluru : An village account at Chelyaru Gramapanchayath was caught red-handed by the Lokayukta police while demanding a bribe of Rs 13,000 for a death certificate. The complainant went to the Chelyaru village office in September and applied for his grandfather’s death certificate. On November 20, when the plaintiff called on the mobile number of […]

Bengaluru: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials on Thursday searched the premises of T N Chikkarayappa and S C Jayachandra, the two officials suspended by the government after the Income Tax Department found a huge stash of new banknotes in their homes earlier this month. The ACB said it seized several “incriminating” documents from the possession of Chikkarayappa, […]

Mysore : Lokayukta police have arrested eight persons, including seven officials attached to the office of Zone nine of Mysore City Corporation (MCC) during the wee hours of Tuesday. They were produced before a court and remanded in 14 days judicial custody. This comes close on heels of the arrest of a sub-registrar for allegedly […]

Mysore : The Lokayukta Police on Monday booked a case against ten persons, including the present and former deputy directors of Mysore Palace Board and a noted Ganjifa artist, acting on a complaint that gold leaf painting work at the palace was “substandard”. S.M. Jagadeesh Prasad, Superintendent of Police, Lokayukta, Mysore, confirmed that an FIR […]

Bangalore : Lokayukta police on Friday raided 19 establishments belonging to seven government officials and seized disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs 6 crore. The officials who came under the scanner were Mahantappa Giddappa Kannur, assistant executive engineer of PWD at Lingsugur in Raichur, Sriramaiah, group ‘D’ employee at the Deputy Commissioner’s office in […]

Mangalore : Umesh G Shet Deputy Superintendent of Lokayukta police raided to the PWD (public works department) in the city on Wednesday March 19. The raid conducted according to a complaint lodged at Lokayukta office related to the construction of the Bangalore-Jalsur state highway 85 that passes through Sullia taluk. The Sharif Construction, Mangalore was […]

Kundapur :  Lokayukta DYSP Umesh Shet, inspector Mohan Kottar and other officials caught hold off on Kishore Mada (35) assistant port officer at Gangolli in Kundapur taluk on Friday morning when he was receiving forced bribes of Rs.45,000 and Rs.10,000 in cash from too helpless boat owners who were enriching him with money for years […]

Bangalore : The Lokayukta police on Friday conducted raids on the residence of six government officials across the State and seized documents. Additional Director General of Police (Lokayukta) H N Sathyanarayana Rao said the raids were conducted in  Bangalore, Chikmagalur, Chitradurga, Davangere and Madikeri. The executive engineer of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), K Govindaiah […]

Bangalore : The Lokayukta police on Friday raided the residences of 10 government officials across the State, including 26 places in Bangalore. Additional Director General of Police, Lokayukta H N Satyanarayana Rao said raids were conducted in Srinivasapura (Kolar), Haveri, Srirangapatna (Mandya) and Mudigere (Chikmagalur), besides 26 locations in Bangalore. The Range Forest Office of Mandya […]

Udupi : The Lokayukta police of Udupi have arrested Girish Mohan (36), a geologist working at the Udupi district administration complex at Rajathadri on the charges of  accepting bribe. A cash of Rs 4500 which he accepted as bribe as well as unaccounted money worth Rs 47000 which was found at his office, have been […]