Karnataka BJP MLA’s Bureaucrat Son Caught Taking ₹ 40 Lakh Bribe
Lokayukta officials arrested BJP MLA Maadal Virupakshappa`s son at the same time as taking a bribe of ₹ forty lakh today. According to Lokayukta reassets, Prashanth Kumar, who’s the leader bills officer of the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB), changed into arrested from the workplace of the state-owned Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Ltd (KSDL), which makes the brand ‘Mysore Sandal Soap’.
Virupakshappa, an MLA from Channagiri in Davangere district, is the chairman of KSDL. At least 3 luggage of coins have been observed from the KSDL workplace, reassets said. Mr Kumar, a 2008 batch Karnataka Administrative Services officer, changed into stuck at the same time as accepting the bribe from a contractor for awarding a deal to shop for uncooked cloth wanted for making cleaning soap and different detergents.
He allegedly demanded ₹ eighty one lakh from the contractor, who approached the Lokayukta every week ago. A entice changed into then set. “The cash changed into acquired on behalf of KSDL chairman Virupakshappa for uncooked cloth procurement. The entice changed into laid at 6.forty five pm. Chairman of KSDL and the accused, who acquired cash, are father and son,” a senior Lokayukta officer said.
