Lokayukta sleuths arrest second division assistant for accepting bribe in Karnataka's Chikkamagaluru

Chikkamagaluru: Lokayukta sleuths nabbed a second division assistant at the district social welfare department in Karnataka's Chikkamagaluru red handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000.

He was accepting the bribe for sanctioning a loan of Rs 1 lakh under the direct loan scheme. The name of the arrested is Kantharaj.

A man named Sridhar from Nellimakki village in Mudigere taluk had applied for a direct loan of Rs 1 lakh through the Parishishta jathi Alemari mathu Arealemari Abhivridhi Nigama. The loan was sanctioned to him. For the release of the amount, SDA Kantharaj demanded a bribe of Rs 10,000. Accordingly, a complaint was submitted to the Lokayukta. The Lokayukta personnel raided while he was accepting the bribe.