Revenue officer sentenced to four years in jail in bribery case

A Kalaburagi tribunal connected Thursday sentenced a gross serviceman to 4 years rigorous imprisonment and imposed a good of ₹20,000 aft uncovering her blameworthy of accepting a bribe for facilitating mutation of houses sanctioned by the Karnataka Housing Board.

The convicted serviceman has been identified arsenic Ningamma Hanumanthraya Biradar who was serving arsenic a gross serviceman astatine the Chittapur Municipal Council successful 2016.

According to the prosecution, Shivakumar Bhagappa Sadhu applied for mutation of houses registered successful the names of his in-laws.

The gross officer, Ningamma, demanded a bribe of ₹5,000 to process the mutation.

Following a ailment lodged by Shivakumar, the Lokayukta constabulary caught the serviceman portion accepting the bribe. The probe was carried retired and a complaint expanse filed earlier court.

After examining the grounds and proceeding arguments, Principal District and Special Court Judge G.L. Lakshminarayana convicted the accused and awarded the sentence.

Special Public Prosecutor Ashok S. Chandakavathe represented the Lokayukta successful the prosecution.