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The Lokayukta Police connected Saturday arrested elder officials of the Excise Department for allegedly demanding and accepting a hefty bribe to wide liquor-related licences.
Those arrested person been identified arsenic Jagadeesh Naik, Excise Deputy Commissioner (Bengaluru Urban District–8), and Thammanna K.M., Superintendent of Excise. An Excise constable, Lakkappa Gani, has besides been named arsenic an accused idiosyncratic successful the case.
The enactment followed a ailment filed by 1 Lakshminarayana, who alleged that the officials demanded ₹80 lakh arsenic a bribe for facilitating the issuance of a CL-7 (bar) licence and a microbrewery licence. Acting connected the complaint, the Lokayukta Police laid a trap and allegedly caught the officials red-handed, accepting ₹25 lakh, reportedly the archetypal instalment of the bribe.
According to authoritative sources, the Deputy Commissioner and the Superintendent were taken into custody, on with different section worker who was recovered carrying the bribe amount.
A lawsuit has been registered nether Section 7(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended successful 2018). Further probe is underway, and further searches successful transportation with the lawsuit are likely.
