Mangaluru Lokayukta officers trap tahsildar, FDA

MANGALURU: The officials of the Mangaluru Lokayukta arrested Mangaluru tahsildar Purandar Hegde and first division assistant at the Mangaluru taluk office Shivanand Natyakar for allegedly demanding bribe from a resident of Kavoor for issuing a no objection centificate (NoC) for the sale of a land.
The arrested officials were produced before the court and they were remanded to judicial custody.
The complainant had applied seeking NoC for the sale of land three months ago. Shivanand Natyakar had placed a demand for a bribe of Rs 5,700 for issuing the same.
Following the complaint from the resident, the Lokayukta Mangaluru division officials trapped Shivanand Natyakar while accepting bribe of Rs 4,700.
He had claimed that the bribe was a share between him and the tahsildar.
The investigation is in progress, said Lokayukta officials.