Udupi: Lokayukta police arrest geologist on graft charges

Mangalore Today News Network

 Udupi, March 21, 2013 : The Lokayukta sleuths have trapped red-handed a geologist named Girish Mohan (36) at the Udupi district administration complex at Rajathadri on March 19, Tuesday while he was accepting bribe from a person.

The raid followed a complaint by one Sandeep Kotian, a sand mining businessman from Herga. He had alleged that the geologist had demanded a bribe of Rs 3000 to renew the sand mining licence.

The Lokayukta who raided the office caught  Girish while he accepted the bribe of Rs 4500 from Sandeep. Apart from that unaccounted cash of Rs 47000 which was found in the office, was also seized.

The raid was led by Udupi Lokayukta DySP Vittaldas Pai. Inspector Dinesh Kumar and several Lokayukta personnel were part of the raiding team.