Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, Aug 9: The village accountant of Neermarga Bodantila gram panchayat was caught by the Lokayukta police red-handed, while accepting bribe from a villager.
A person named Ramachandra Salian had applied for land conversion, for building a house in his land 20 days ago. Uthappa, a native of Kodagu district and working here as village accountant, allegedly demanded bribe. When Salian said that he would get the conversion done through some other office, Uttappa is said to have warned him that the file anyway, would be forwarded to him for conversion and that he would withhold permission even then.
Salian complained to the Lokayukta, who arrested the village accountant in question alongwith bribe of Rs 5,000 and land conversion fee of Rs 3,000 he accepted from Salian, from his possession. Lokayukta superintendent of police Dharmaraj led the raid that was conducted at about 3.30 pm on Friday August 8.