Mangaluru | ACB catches two officials red-handed while accepting bribe

coastaldigest.com web desk

October 27, 2018

Mangaluru, Oct 27: The Anti Corruption Bureau officers have trapped two government officials while accepting a bribe from a civil contractor, here

Suryanarayna Bhat, technical assistant and Sudin, assistant engineer, who work in the rural development and panchayat raj department in Mangaluru, were arrested after caught red-handed on Friday.

The raid was conducted on the basis of a complaint filed by Adam, a government civil contractor.

Shruti N, superintendent of police, ACB, said Adam, the son of Abubakkar M, had been awarded a tender to construct two classrooms and a washroom at Government PU College at Kalasa. They received the work tender after an online bid at a cost of Rs 52,58,302. Adam and his father were into civil construction work from the past decade.

In the complaint filed with the ACB, Adam had alleged that after 10 days of the tender being awarded, he received a call from Suryanaryana Bhat who demanded that Ravindra Kini, superintendent engineer, is asking for one per cent commission, which is Rs 50,000. When Adam declined his demand, he finally settled for half per cent. Adam later filed a complaint with ACB against three officials. Based on the complaint, ACB sleuths raided the office while a bribe of 25,000 was being paid. Sleuths have also seized an additional Rs 26,000 cash which was in Suryanarayana’s bag.

A case has been registered in this connection and an investigation is on.

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DK-Udupi local authorities' constituency by-poll: 4 candidates – Cong, BJP, SDPI, Ind – in fray

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October 8,2024

Mangaluru: The by-election to the legislative council from the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi local authorities' constituency will be a contest among four candidates. An independent candidate, Muhammed Riyaz, has withdrawn his nomination on Monday, the last day for withdrawal.

Deputy commissioner Mullai Muhilan MP stated that candidates Kishore BR (BJP), Raju Poojary (Congress), Anwar Sadat S (SDPI), and Dinakar Ullal (independent) will be in the fray.

Polling will be held at 392 booths in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts between 8am and 4pm on Oct 21.

A total of 6,032 voters from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi are eligible to vote. While there will be 234 polling booths in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi will have 158 stations. Gram panchayat members, corporators of the Mangaluru City Corporation, members of city municipal councils, town municipal councils, town panchayats, MLAs, MLCs, and Lok Sabha members are eligible to vote.

Election observer of the Election Commission of India (ECI), Pankaj Kumar Pandey, reviewed the poll preparations at the deputy commissioner's office on Monday. He issued directions to officials regarding arrangements to be made during the election and counting of votes.

The deputy commissioner stated that out of 6,032 voters, 3,127 are women and 2,905 are men. He said the counting of votes will be held at St Aloysius PU College in the city on Oct 24.

Udupi deputy commissioner Vidya Kumari K, city police commissioner Anupam Agrawal, Dakshina Kannada ZP CEO Anandh K, Dakshina Kannada SP Yathish N, Udupi SP Arun K, and additional deputy commissioners Santhosh Kumar G and Mamatha Devi were present.

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