Kolur GP secretary, bill collector, another caught while accepting bribe

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The Lokayukta Police person arrested a gram panchayat secretary, a measure collector and a regular wage idiosyncratic attached to the Kolur Gram Panchayat bureau successful Koppal territory for accepting ₹75,000 bribe for issuing panchayat khata records and Form Nos 9 and 11 related to a converted land.

According to a property release, the accused person been identified arsenic 59-year-old Mariyappa Shivappa Madivala, who is the caput of Kolur Gram Panchayat and nonmigratory of Betageri, 31-year-old Nagaraj Gavishiddappa Badiger, who is simply a measure collector attached to the gram panchayat and nonmigratory of Dadegal, and 22-year-old Maruti Mudiyappa Mainalli, who is simply a regular wage worker astatine the gram panchayat bureau and a nonmigratory of Dadegal.

Sixtyfive-year-old complainant M. Gnaneshwarayya, who is simply a retired gram panchayat caput from Hagaribommanahalli successful Vijayanagara district, has said that the accused demanded ₹75,000 bribe for processing panchayat khata records and issuing Form Nos 9 and 11 successful respect of an eight-gunta cultivation onshore situated successful Dadegal colony successful Koppal taluk and registered successful the sanction of his woman K. Sumangala.

The merchandise said that the Deputy Commissioner of Koppal issued deemed onshore conversion orders for the spot nether the maestro program connected November 8, 2024. Subsequently, the Koppal Urban Development Authority approved the layout for azygous residential usage connected March 27, 2025.

The complainant approached the Lokayukta Police connected May 5 aft being asked to wage the bribe magnitude by the accused.

Acting connected the complaint, the Lokayukta Police caught the accused portion they were accepting the bribe magnitude connected Wednesday.

The cognition was carried retired nether the guidance of Lokayukta Superintendent of Police Siddaraju C. and nether the enactment of Deputy Superintendent of Police Lokesh.

Police Inspector Chandrappa, who is the investigating serviceman successful the case, on with Lokayukta inspectors Sunil and Shaila S. Patishettar and different unit members, were progressive successful the operation, the merchandise added.

Published - May 08, 2026 07:40 p.m. IST

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