Lokayukta police trapped and arrested BBMP ARO & his assistant accepting bribe of Rs.4.5 lakhs from businessman for official favour

Pramesh S Jain 

The Lokayukta officials on Thursday arrested an Assistant Revenue officer of BBMP along with his assistant while accepting a bribe of Rs.4.5 lakh from a person for an official favour.

Based on a complaint,a team of police led by Deputy Superintendent of Police,Umadevi and team trapped Rajendra Prasad,ARO,BBMP Office,Yeshwanthpur and his assistant Prakash,Tax Assessor,BBMP office, Yeshwanthpur red handed while accepting the bribe.

The accused according to the officials had demanded the bribe from Chandrashekhar,a businessman from Yeshwanthpur to Negotiate the tax amount for Commercial property,which he had owned and pending dues .

Unable to pay the bribe he approached the Lokayukta and filed a complaint.Based on a complaint,the officials laid a trap and caught the duo red handed charging them under PC act.