Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Aug 19: Former district manager of food and civil supplies department of Dakshina Kannada district, Varada Iyengar, was found guilty and sentenced by the district and sessions court here on Friday August 19.

Iyengar (65), now retired, has been handed down a year of simple imprisonment and fine of Rs 30,000.

In 2010, Iyengar reportedly was caught red-handed when accepting bribe of Rs 10,000 from a person named Gururaj Shenoy relating to supply of green gram to the department. Lokayukta officials had raided the spot when the official was accepting bribe. A Lokayukta team led by the then inspector, Uday Nayak, had conducted the raid and arrested the accused.

Judge of the court, Muralidhar Pai, held Iyengar guilty of violating certain sections of Prevention of Corruption Act and pronounced the punishment as prescribed in the act.

Special public prosecutor, K S N Rajesh, had argued the case on behalf of Lokayukta.