KPTCL chief engineer Nagarajan.
Credit: Special Arrangement.
The Lokayukta sleuths on Tuesday trapped KPTCL chief engineer Nagarajan while taking a bribe of Rs 50,000 from electric contractor for an official favour.
Nagarajan was arrested from the KPTCL office near Kotitopu off BH Road in the city on Tuesday evening.
Mohan Kumar, an electric contractor and the complainant, had filed a requisition seeking a feasibility study and the report thereon for the power connection to a factory. The chief engineer had allegedly sought a bribe of Rs 1 lakh for the same.
The electric contractor lodged a complaint with the Lokayukta police. The Lokayukta police team led by DySPsManjunath and Harish, PIs Satyanarayana Meti, Ramareddy, Saleem and staff, under the guidance of SP Vallibasha, laid a trap and arrested the chief engineer while accepting the first installment of bribe amount of Rs 50,000. The accused officer has been remanded in judicial custody.