Pramesh S Jain
The Lokayukta officials on Thursday caught District Forest Officer of Madikeri range,red handed while accepting bribe from her junior officer .
Based on a complaint from Range forest officer,the officials caught Poornima,red handed while accepting Rs.50,000 from Mayura Udaya Karavekar.
She was arrested under Prevention of Corruption Act and taken into custody for further investigations.
In his complaint Mr.Karavekar said that the government had sanctioned two post of forest watcher authorizing him for the appointment and fixed the salary of Rs.15,000.
The accused officer started pestering him to make two more fake appointments and pay their salaries every month to her.
Poornima also demanded 60 percent commission for the work sanctioned by the department for a estimated cost of Rs.1.6 lakh .
The accused officer started demanding 60 percent commissioner out of the sanctioned work .
When Karavekar refused to pay the commission amount,the accused used to humiliate him publicly and threatened to suspend him.
Unable to bear the torture Karavekar paid Rs.50,000 but later unable to pay the rest of the money,he approached Lokayukta.
Based on the complaint,a trap was laid and the accused arrested under Prevention of Corruption Act.
