MANGALORE : District Employment Officer Basavaraju has been trapped by the
Lokayukta while accepting bribe from a job aspirant. The arrest took place during a
raid by Mangalore Lokayukta DySP Sadanand Varnekar and Inspector Mukund Nayak
Lokayukta DySP has also informed that the conversation between the complainant
Balram and the officer have also been recorded.
Following the announcement that there were 300 job openings in MRPL, Balaram
had applied on August 13. However the officer Basavaraj had told him that he may
be eligible for the job only if he had an OBC certificate as he has already completed
28 years of age. The last date for submitting the applications was August 16. But when
Balaram brought the OBC certificate, the officer placed forth a demand for Rs 6000 to
send the application. Balaram had agreed and had paid Rs 1000 as advance. The officer
was trapped while he was accepting the second instalment of Rs 4000.
However, the officer has refuted the charges against him and has said “ This is a
systematic conspiracy, I have not accepted bribe. I had refused when Balram came
forward to bribe me. Still he forcibly pushed the money into my pocket.â€
The accused has been produced before the court and remanded to judicial custody upto
September 23. The court has also given opportunity to the arrested to file objections if
any on September 13.
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