Lokayukta arrests Second Division Assistant, tout for accepting bribe

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Lokayukta officials arresting a Second Division Assistant and a middleman during a trap successful  the Raibag Tahsildar bureau   successful  Belagavi territory  connected  Tuesday.

Lokayukta officials arresting a Second Division Assistant and a middleman during a trap successful the Raibag Tahsildar bureau successful Belagavi territory connected Tuesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Lokayukta officials arrested a Second Division Assistant and a tout portion they were accepting ₹80,000 bribe from a husbandman successful the Raibag Tahsildar bureau connected Tuesday.

SDA and lawsuit idiosyncratic Chandrappa Moratagi demanded ₹80,000 bribe from husbandman Shivanand Dundagi for removing a information successful onshore assistance documents that volition alteration the second to merchantability it.

The onshore was granted to Dundagi’s gramps successful 1974. Documents pertaining to the onshore contained a information that said nary 1 tin merchantability oregon transportation the ownership of the onshore for 15 years. The husbandman gave an exertion to the Tahsildar bureau with a petition to region the condition.

Faced with a request for bribe, helium approached Lokayukta Superintendent of Police T. Mallesh.

The Superintendent of Police directed a squad of officers led by Circle Inspector of Police Niranjan Patil to laic a trap for the accused.

The squad waited adjacent the Tahsildar bureau and arrested Chandrappa Moratagi and middleman Nagendra Marsarkar portion they were accepting the bribe.

During the trap, Inspectors Balachandra Lakkamma and Govindagouda and unit members Ravi, Raju, Santosh, Girish, Abhijit, Basavaraj and Ravaru were present, said a release.

A lawsuit has been registered nether the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Published - January 28, 2026 07:28 p.m. IST

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