Sullia: Employee Pockets Ten Rupees - Gets Caught by Lokayukta!
Daijiworld Media Network - Sullia (SP)
Sullia, Dec 30: An employee working at the taluk office here was caught by the Lokayukta police, after he pocketed ten rupees from a person who had applied for the renewal of his gun licence. The incident occurred on Thursday December 29.
The employee concerned has been identified as Razak, a ‘D’ group employee, who was discharging duties in the position of a clerk in the department that handles gun licence renewal.
A person, who had approached the office, had offered a hundred rupee currency note towards the payment of Rs 90 due towards the lincence renewal. Although the employee offered to return ten rupees, the citizen asked Razak to keep it.
The Lokayukta officials, who were on a visit to the taluk office then, saw the incident, and questioned the employee concerned. The applicant confirmed that he had offered ten rupees to the employee on his own accord, and that the employee concerned had not demanded the sum.
The Lokayukta officials, however, insisted that they would take action against both the applicant and the employee for paying and receiving bribe. They also asked the tahsildar to issue a memo to Razak for discharging duties of a clerk, in spite of being a ‘D’ grade employee, and to initiate disciplinary action.