Pramesh S Jain
The Lokayukta officials on tuesday trapped Assistant Executive Engineer of BESCOM while accepting a bribe from a villager to issue sanction letter for power connection.
The accused officer Bharath Chauhan working in Jigani Sub Division was trapped red handed while accepting Rs.28,000 from Shashishekhar of Nanjapura village .
Mr.Shashishekhar had applied for a power connection and the accused officer is supposed to issue sanction letter,But to issue the letter he demanded the bribe.
Unable to pay Mr.Shashishekhar approached Lokayukta and filed a complaint .
Based on the complaint,a trap was laid and Bharath Chouhan was arrested red handed.He has been booked under Prevention of Corruption Act and taken into custody for further investigations.
