Udupi: Lokayukta Sleuths Nab Corrupt Commercial Tax Officer Red-handed


Udupi: Lokayukta Sleuths Nab Corrupt Commercial Tax Officer Red-handed
 
News & Pics: Hemanath Padubidri
Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (RD/SB)

Udupi, Jun 11: Lokayukta sleuths caught a commercial tax officer red-handed while accepting bribe from a pigmy collector of a nationalized bank and took him into their custody here on Friday June 11 at 2.00 pm.
 
Prabhakar, a pigmy collector of Canara Bank, Kallianpur branch, near here lodged a complaint with Lokayukta office that Cheluvaraj, a commercial tax officer demanded a bribe of Rs 8,000 to deal with a professional tax issue, which was leter reduced to Rs 3,000. the bribe money to Rs 3,000 and told Prabhakar to meet him with the money in nearby Hotel Kidiyoor on NH 17 at 2.00 pm on Friday.


Acting on a complaint, Lokayukta sleuths laid the trap to arrest Cheluvaraj, who was to meet Prabhakar to receive the money at a spot on NH – 17  near Hotel Kidiyoor.
 
Further investigations are underway. Lokayukta superintendent of police Dr Prabhudev Mane led the operation supported by sub-inspector Dinesh Kumar, police personnel Divakar Suvarna, Divakar Sharma, Ramachandra Bhat, Sridhar, Umesh, Ashok, Santhosh and Laxmidar Seti.  

  

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  • johnny, udupi

    Sun, Jun 13 2010

    @PA Shanu : as far as i know Mr. Mane, personally, hez a gem of a person ready to help the needy. and Lokayukta department of udupi is very trustworthy n efficient. all in there are good and the best, though they mite have previous records, but in this deptmnt they work with honesty.

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  • Dilip Correa, Muscat

    Sat, Jun 12 2010

    Does these Lokayukta officials take bribe to catch corrupt officials? Are they free from corruption? Is there an office to catch them if at all they take a bribe?

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  • prasanna, mangalore

    Sat, Jun 12 2010

    the hottest section is the inspection one. the guy comes is a jeep and starts abusing all, saying that he is going to confiscate the goods which are in the vehicle. probably must have paid quite a lot to get that particular seat. just recovering his investment. minimum of Rs.5,000 per check, on the pretext that some or other document is missing.

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  • RAGHUVEER, DUBAI/MADANTHYAR

    Fri, Jun 11 2010

    YES !LOKAYUKTA CAUGHT IT, WHAT ABOUT NEXT? whether he suspended or he punished ? nobody knows,whenever like these cases we want to know that what happened later to them ?

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  • K.Raghava Mayya, Padil, M'lore 7

    Fri, Jun 11 2010

    All previous Lokayukta cases were disposed of like Lokayukta proposes, Govt. disposes. This case wd also be identical.

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  • Roy, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 11 2010

    If you ask me the whole bloody dept is corrupt. Even the commercial tax, sales tax and central excise. we have been trying since more than a month to get C-Forms in Mangalore and they are making us go through hell for that.

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  • P.A.Shanu, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 11 2010

    I would like to know Lokayukta superintendent of police Dr Prabhudev Manes carrier record since he joined serrvice. There were so many roumers about his bunglow etc. If anyone knows about this may make public here..

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  • stany menezes, belman/new york usa

    Fri, Jun 11 2010

    good job congrts.this man must put jail 50year.naver come out live only dead body good luck

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  • G.Hublikar, Hubli/Mumbai

    Fri, Jun 11 2010

    Isn't it common knowledge that this happens in every govt. office and dept? If all such officials were similarly rounded up we would need detention centres on our maidans and playgrounds! Most of our politicians would be there too!

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  • Manohar Dsouza, Mangalore/Bahrain

    Fri, Jun 11 2010

    As usual Lokayukta has caught a very small fish. The big sharks and whales are having a whale of a time without any fear.

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  • Rolson, Shirva

    Fri, Jun 11 2010

    Lokking at his face, Seems his guilty of what he has done! Lokayukta has done a great job... Let it be a warning to all corrupted govt. Officials.

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