Lokayukta police nab surveyor while accepting bribe

July 2, 2013

Mangalore, Jul 2: A surveyor was caught red-handed by Lokayukta police while accepting bribe to prepare a survey sketch at Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district.

The accused has been identified as surveyor Mahesh B Shetty, a resident of Basavapatna. He has been working in Bantwal taluk as surveyor for past 15 years.

Shetty had asked the complainant Dejappa Poojary of Badekodi, Peraje village to come to Puttur, where he resides, and pay Rs 1,500 for the sketch.

The accused allegedly had obtained Rs 2,000 from the complainant earlier.

A team of Lokayukta sleuths headed by superintendent of police C Mohandas laid trap for Shetty at a roadside near his house and caught him while accepting the money from the complainant.

Vittaldas Pai, deputy superintendent of police, Lokayukta police, who was on the trap team said the accused was produced before the district and sessions court in the city.

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BJP fields Kishore Kumar Puttur from DK-Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency

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October 1,2024

The BJP has selected Kishore Kumar Puttur as its candidate for the bypoll to Karnataka Legislative Council from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency. The by-election will be held on October 21.

Kishore Kumar is presently serving as the General Secretary of Dakshina Kannada BJP unit. He had served as vice president of State BJP Yuva Morcha from 2014 to 2016.

The by-election will be held to the seat vacated by Kota Srinivas Poojary of the BJP who has been elected as the Lok Sabha member from Udupi-Chikmagaluru Lok Sabha constituency. The vacancy was created on June 15, 2024 following Poojary’s resignation to the Council. His term in the council was till January, 2028.

In the last Council election held for the dual member constituency in December 2021, Poojary had secured 3,672 votes while the Congress candidate Manjunath Bhandary had secured 2079 votes. Poojary and Bhandary had secured required votes from the first preferential votes and had won the election.

There were several aspirants for the BJP ticket including former MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, DK BJP president Satish Kumpala, Mangaluru divisional in-charge Uday Kumar Shetty, former minister Pramod Madhwaraj and former Udupi district BJP president Kuilady Suresh Nayak.

The Congress is yet to announce its candidate for the election. KPCC working president Manjunath Bhandary in a recent press meet in Mangaluru had said that an opportunity will be given to congress leaders from Udupi district to contest by-election.

The Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency has 6037 voters including 3551 from Dakshina Kannada comprising eight MLAs, one MP. The last date for filing nomination is October 3 and the last date for withdrawal of nomination is October 7. The counting will be held on October 24.

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