Yogesh K Porwar & Siddarath Sethia
Lokayukta sleuths on thursday trapped and arrested a Superintendent Engineer of BESCOM,Bengaluru rural circle,red handed while accepting a bribe from an electrical contractor for an official favour.
The accused officer identified as HV Krishnaprasad demanded two lakh rupees from contractor Sharanappa to sanction 419 KW power connection to the residential complex.
Unable to pay the bribe,Sharanappa approached Lokayukta seeking help.
Based on the complaint, a team has been formed supervised by ADGP Prashanth Kumar Thakur and trapped Krishnaprasad red handed while accepting Rs. 1.5 lakh from Sharanappa.
The accused has been arrested under Prevention and Corruption Act and taken into custody for further investigations.
