Lokayukta, police accused of shielding accused policemen in bribery case

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State President of Shiv Sena Siddalinga Swami addressing a property   league  successful  Kalaburagi connected  Monday.

State President of Shiv Sena Siddalinga Swami addressing a property league successful Kalaburagi connected Monday. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI

Shiv Sena State president Siddalinga Swami of Andola Mutt has accused the Lokayukta and the Police of protecting and shielding constabulary officials who person been caught red-handed portion accepting ₹10 lakh bribe for securing colony of a lawsuit relating to a civilian substance connected August 29 this year.

On August 29 night, Assistant Commissioner of Police of Kalaburagi South Sub-division Sharanabasappa Subedar, police writer Chandrakant, constabulary constable Raghavendra and 2 others were caught by the Lokayukta and subjected to questioning passim the night. However, the Lokayukta released them acting nether governmental pressure, helium said.

Addressing presspersons present connected Monday, Siddalinga Swami said that the Lokayukta has bungled probe successful the case. Both the Lokayukta and the Police are trying to prevention the accused policemen successful the lawsuit by deliberately hiding accusation from the media. Shockingly, the authorities person claimed that thing of that benignant has happened, helium added.

Accusing governmental representatives and elder constabulary officials of shielding the accused policemen, Siddalinga Swami asked that if nary specified incidental has happened, past wherefore the accused, Assistant Commissioner of Police of Kalaburagi South Sub-division Sharanabasappa Subedar and the 2 constabulary constables, applied for bail successful the Principal Sessions Court, which plea has been rejected.

Providing important documents, helium said that the Principal Sessions Judge rejected the bail plea of the accused policemen connected September 8. While rejecting the bail plea, Principal Sessions Judge G.L. Lakshminarayana pulled up the Police Department saying that “the constabulary are meant for extortion of communal people, unfortunately constabulary stations person go commercialized concern hubs and dens of corrupt activities. This pathetic concern has made communal radical not lone to suffer religion successful the strategy but besides hesitant successful approaching constabulary stations for getting redressal of their grievances.”

Earlier, a middleman identified arsenic Dastagir received ₹1.5 lakh bribe from complainant Revansiddayya connected July 2 and the complainant went to the enclosure of Sharanabasappa Subedar and handed implicit ₹10 lakh arsenic an installment promising him to wage the remaining ₹30 lakh later. On August 29, the constabulary serviceman was caught red-handed portion receiving the bribe amount.

Published - September 22, 2025 07:42 p.m. IST

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